土

Represents earth · Kangxi radical 32

Represents earth, soil, ground, or land.

Originally depicted a mound of earth or soil rising from the ground. The horizontal lines represent layers of earth, with the vertical line showing something emerging from or planted in the soil.

土 at a glance

Meaning: Represents earth
Strokes: 3
Characters: 215
Role: Contributes meaning
Kangxi radical: 32

Characters with 土 (114 of 215)

HSK 1 · 7

去qù · to go 生shēng · to be born 先xiān · beforehand; first; earlier 在zài · to exist; to be alive 块kuài · lump; chunk; piece 里lǐ · li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m 坐zuò · to sit

HSK 2 · 1

走zǒu · to walk

HSK 3 · 3

坏huài · bad 周zhōu · week 城chéng · city walls

HSK 4 · 8

圾jī · used in 垃圾[la1 ji1]至zhì · to arrive 肚dù · belly 坚jiān · strong 社shè · (bound form) society; organization; agency 址zhǐ · variant of 址[zhi3]垃lā · used in 垃圾[la1 ji1]幸xìng · fortunate

HSK 5 · 8

王wáng · king or monarch 田tián · field 尘chén · dust 寺sì · mosque 吐tù · to vomit 均jūn · (bound form) equal; uniform; even 坦tǎn · flat 型xíng · mold

HSK 6 · 12

庄zhuāng · farmstead 坝bà · dam 赤chì · red 杜dù · birchleaf pear (tree)坟fén · grave 坑kēng · variant of 坑[keng1]坛tán · earthen jar 灶zào · variant of 灶[zao4]垄lǒng · ridge between fields 坡pō · slope 垫diàn · pad 埋mái · to bury

Beyond HSK · 75

冉rǎn · variant of 冉[ran3]圣kū · (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)场cháng · threshing floor 地de · -ly 芏dù · used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]圪gē · (phonetic)圭guī · jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies 圹kuàng · tomb 圮pǐ · destroyed 圩wéi · dike 圬wū · to plaster 压yà · used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]圯yí · bridge, bank 圳zhèn · (dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4])坂bǎn · variant of 阪[ban3]坌bèn · variant of 坋[ben4]坒bì · (literary) to adjoin 坊fáng · workshop 坎kǎn · old variant of 坎[kan3]坜lì · hole, pit 牡mǔ · (of a bird, animal or plant) male 圻qí · boundary 坍tān · to collapse 坞wù · variant of 塢|坞[wu4]坠zhuì · to fall 坳ào · depression; cavity; hollow 坼chè · to crack 坻chí · islet 坫diàn · stand for goblets 坩gān · crucible 坷kě · used in 坎坷[kan3 ke3]坤kūn · variant of 坤[kun1]夌líng · to dawdle 垅lǒng · old variant of 壟|垄[long3]垆lú · clay 坴lù · a clod of earth 坭ní · variant of 泥[ni2]坯pī · blank (e.g. for a coin)坪píng · a plain 钍tǔ · thorium (chemistry)坨tuó · mound; heap; lump 厓yá · old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)茔yíng · (literary) a grave 垯da · used in 圪墶|圪垯[ge1 da5]垤dié · anthill 垌dòng · field 垛duò · pile 垩è · to whitewash 垡fá · to turn the soil 垓gāi · boundary 垢gòu · dirt 垲kǎi · dry terrain 垦kěn · to reclaim (land)垮kuǎ · to collapse (lit. or fig.)垒lěi · rampart 垴nǎo · small hill 埏shān · to mix water with clay 垧shǎng · unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)垭yā · (dialect) strip of land between hills 垚yáo · variant of 堯|尧, legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC 垔yīn · to restrain 垠yín · limit 垣yuán · wall 壴zhù · (archaic) drum 埃āi · abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Ai1 sai4 e2 bi3 ya4]埄běng · variant of 埲[beng3]埔bù · used in place names 埗bù · wharf 埕chéng · earthen jar 埂gěng · strip of high ground 埚guō · crucible 埒liè · (literary) equal 埘shí · hen roost 埙xūn · ocarina 埇yǒng · raised path

Frequently asked questions

What does the component 土 mean?

土 means "Represents earth". In the characters that contain it, it contributes meaning.

How many Chinese characters contain 土?

215 characters in this dictionary contain 土, including ones at HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5, HSK 6.

Is 土 a radical?

Yes — 土 is Kangxi radical 32, one of the 214 traditional indexing radicals used to organise Chinese dictionaries.

How many strokes does 土 have?

土 is written in 3 strokes.