地 — ji

Parts that make up 地

How 地 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 地 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 也.

Korean example words with 地

• 원지遠地 Korean gloss: 먼 곳
• 지상地上 Korean gloss: 땅의 위
• 명지名地 Korean gloss: 이름난 곳
• 지고地高 Korean gloss: 땅의 높이
• 지기地氣 Korean gloss: 땅의 정기
• 지면地面 Korean gloss: 땅의 거죽
• 지반地盤 Korean gloss: 땅의 표면
• 지적地積 Korean gloss: 땅의 넓이
• 험지險地 Korean gloss: 험난한 땅
• 규지揆地 Korean gloss: 재상의 지위
• 단지段地 Korean gloss: 층이 진 땅
• 봉지封地 Korean gloss: 제후의 영토

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

Japanese words with 地

• 現地げんち actual place; actual location; the spot
• 地域ちいき area; region; district
• 地球ちきゅう Earth; the globe
• 地元じもと home area; home town; local
• 地方ちほう district; region; area
• 土地とち plot of land; lot; soil
• 地区ちく district; area; zone
• 基地きち base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac
• 地震じしん earthquake
• 地検ちけん District Public Prosecutor's Office
• 地裁ちさい district court
• 地ち earth; ground; land

Characters sharing the phonetic 也

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “지”

Other hanja with radical 土