土

tǔ

earth

Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

a picture of 土 → earth, clay, soil

The character originally depicted a lump of clay sitting on a potter's wheel — raw earth given form by human hands. From that grounded image, it extended naturally to soil, the local land, and everything rooted in a particular place.

十+一→土

这里的土很适合种蔬菜。

zhè lǐ de tǔ hěn shì hé zhòng shū cài。

The soil here is very suitable for growing vegetables.

他穿的衣服看起来有点土。

tā chuān de yī fu kàn qǐ lái yǒu diǎn tǔ。

The clothes he is wearing look a bit unsophisticated.

Words with 土

土库曼斯坦

tǔ kù màn sī tǎn

Turkmenistan

土伦

tǔ lún

Toulon (city in France)

土地

tǔ di

local god

土石方

tǔ shí fāng

excavated soil and rock

土气

tǔ qì

rustic

土豆

tǔ dòu

potato (CL:個|个[ge4])

大兴土木

dà xīng tǔ mù

to carry out large scale construction

破土

pò tǔ

to break ground

土耳其人

tǔ ěr qí rén

a Turk

土楼

tǔ lóu

traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine

土葬

tǔ zàng

burial (in earth)

土门

tǔ mén

Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate

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