Hanja Analyzer
土

土 — to, du

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
흙 토, 뿌리 두
Romanization
to, du
English
soil, earth; items made of earth
Mandarin
tǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ド, ト, カ, ケ, ツ, ズ, タ, テ
Japanese kun'yomi
つち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#307 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
土 (32, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+571F

Korean example words with 土

  • 고토故土 Korean gloss: 고향 땅
  • 분토糞土 Korean gloss: 썩은 흙
  • 박토薄土 Korean gloss: 메마른 땅
  • 복토覆土 Korean gloss: 흙을 덮음
  • 분토墳土 Korean gloss: 무덤의 흙
  • 저토底土 Korean gloss: 밑바닥 흙
  • 토질土質 Korean gloss: 흙의 성질
  • 농토農土 Korean gloss: 농사짓는 땅
  • 토품土品 Korean gloss: 논밭의 품질
  • 황토皇土 Korean gloss: 황제의 영토
  • 답토畓土 Korean gloss: 논으로 된 토지
  • 주토朱土 Korean gloss: 빛깔이 붉은 흙

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 土

  • 土地とち plot of land; lot; soil
  • 領土りょうど territory; domain; dominion
  • 土つち earth; soil; dirt
  • 土曜どよう Saturday
  • 国土こくど country; territory; domain
  • 土俵どひょう (wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag
  • 土木どぼく engineering works; civil engineering; public works
  • 全土ぜんど whole nation; whole land; whole country
  • 土壌どじょう soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
  • 風土ふうど natural features; topography; climate
  • 国土庁こくどちょう (Japanese) National Land Agency
  • 郷土きょうど native place; birth-place; one's old home

Characters sharing the phonetic 土

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “두” in Korean.

Other hanja read “토”

Other hanja with radical 土

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