Definition:

soil, earth; items made of earth

Pinyin:

tǔ

Rank:

#8th

Decomposition:

⿱ 十 一

Radical:

土

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

先

First, former, previous

冉

Tender; weak; to proceed gradually

压

Press; oppress; crush; pressure

厓

Precipice; river bank, shore; surname

去

To go away, to leave, to depart

吐

To vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say

周

Zhou dynasty; circumference

啬

Miserly, stingy, thrifty

喪

Mourning; mourn; funeral

圣

Holy, sacred; sage, saint

圤

在

At, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense

圩

Dike, embankment

圪

圬

To whitewash, to plaster over with mud

圭

Jade tablet

圮

Destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert

圯

Bridge; river bank

地

Earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb

圳

A furrow in a field; a small drainage ditch

圹

Tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness

场

Field, open space; market, square; stage

圻

Border, boundary

圼

Slime, black mud

圾

Garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger

址

Location, site; the foundation of a house

坂

Hillside, slope

均

Equal, even, fair; level, uniform; also, too

坊

Neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill

坌

Dust; earth; river bank; to dig; to unite

坍

Collapse; landslide

坎

Pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis

坏

Bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down

坐

Seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

坑

Pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry

坒

To compare, to equal, to match

块

Piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency

坚

Hard, strong; firm, resolute

坛

Altar; arena; examination hall

坜

Drain, ditch, channel

坝

Embankment; dam

坞

Bank, entrenchment, low wall; dock

坟

Grave, mound, bulge; bulging

坠

To drop, to fall down, to sink; heavy; weight

坡

Slope, hillside, embankment

坤

Earth; feminine

坦

Flat, level, smooth; candid, open

坨

Lump, heap

坩

Crucible; earthenware, pottery

坪

Plain; level ground

坫

A stand on which to replace goblets after drinking

坭

Mud, mire; to paste, to plaster

坯

Clay; unburnt earthenware

坳

Cavity, depression, hollow; depressed; undulating

坴

A clod of earth; land

坶

Mud, mire; to paste, to plaster

坷

Uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil

坻

Islet; river delta, embankment; to stop

坼

To crack, to open, to split, to tear

垃

Garbage, refuse, trash, waste

垄

Grave, mound; furrow, ridge

垅

Grave, mound; furrow, ridge

垆

Clay; hut, shop

型

Pattern, model, type; mold; law

垌

Farm, field; used in place names

垒

Rampart; base (in baseball)

垓

Border, boundary, frontier

垔

To restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound

垚

Mound, lump, round mass

垛

Heap, pile; to heap, to pile

垠

Boundary, river bank

垡

To plow; place name

垢

Dirt, filth, stains; dirty; disgraceful

垣

Low wall

垤

Anthill; hill mound

垦

To cultivate, to farm; to reclaim

垧

Unit of area

垩

Chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious

垫

Cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another

垭

Used in place names

垮

To be defeated, to collapse, to fail

垯

Lump, mound; pimple

垲

A high and dry place

垴

Small hillock, used in place names

垸

Dike, embankment

埂

Ditch (for irrigation); hole

埃

Fine dust; dirt; Angstrom

埄

Dust storm; dust in the wind

埇

The name of a bridge

埋

To bury; to conceal; to plant

城

Castle, city, town; municipality

埏

Boundary, limit

埒

Enclosure, embankment, dike

埔

Arena; market; plain; port

埕

A large, pear-shaped earthenware jar

埗

Jetty, quay; port city, trade hub

埘

A chicken roost

埙

Ocarina

埚

Crucible

埝

Dike, embankment; protuberance

域

Area, district, field, land, region; boundary; domain (in taxonomy)

埠

Jetty, quay; port city, trade hub

埡

Used in place names

埤

To add, to increase; to attach; fence, wall

埭

Dam; a ramp leading up to a canal

埯

Pit, hole; to bury

埲

Dust storm

埴

Soil with high clay content

埵

Hardened dirt or clay; cluster

埸

Border, limit, frontier; dike

培

To cultivate, to farm; to shore up

基

Foundation, base

埼

Headland

埽

Broom; to sweep, to clear away

堀

Cave, hole

堂

Hall, large room; government office; cousins

堃

Compliance, obedience; female

堅

Hard, strong; firm, resolute

堆

Crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks

堇

Yellow loam; clay; season; few

堊

Chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious

堋

To bury

堍

Embankment

堑

Moat, pit, trench; cavity

堕

To drop, to fall, to sink; degenerate

堙

To bury; to dam, to block up; mound

堞

Battlement; plate

堠

Battlement, rampart

堡

Fort, fortress; town, village

堤

Dike

堪

To endure; adequate, capable, worthy

堰

Dam, dike, embankment

場

Field, open space; market, square; stage

堵

Wall; to stop, to prevent, to block

堿

Salty

塄

A furrow in a field

塊

Piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency

塋

Grave, tomb, cemetary

塌

To collapse, to fall into ruin

塍

A raised path between fields, a dike

塑

To sculpt, to model in clay; plastic

塔

Tower, spire, tall building

塕

Airborne dust

塗

To smear, to scribble, to daub; surname

塘

Pond, tank; dike, embankment

塚

Cemetery; tomb, burial mound

塞

To stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress

塢

Bank, entrenchment, low wall; dock

塥

A lump of clay

填

To fill, to pad, to stuff

塬

Plateau

塲

Field, market, open space

塵

Cinders, ashes, dust, dirt

塹

Moat, pit, trench; cavity

塾

Village school; private tutorage

墀

Porch; courtyard; steps leading into a building

墁

To plaster; to pave

境

Boundary, frontier; area, region

墅

Villa, country house

墉

Wall; fortification

墊

Cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another

墒

Silt; moist soil

墓

Grave, tomb

墙

Wall

墚

Mountain range

墜

To drop, to fall down, to sink; heavy; weight

增

To increase; to expand; to augment; to add

墟

High mound; hilly countryside; wasteland

墨

Ink; writing; Mexico

墩

Stone block; heap, mound; pier

墮

To drop, to fall, to sink; degenerate

墳

Grave, mound, bulge; bulging

墻

Wall

墼

Unburnt bricks

墾

To cultivate, to farm; to reclaim

壁

Partition, wall; rampart

壅

To block; to obstruct

壇

Altar; arena; examination hall

壑

Gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain

壓

Press; oppress; crush; pressure

壕

Ditch; trench; channel, moat

壘

Rampart; base (in baseball)

壞

Bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down

壟

Grave, mound; furrow, ridge

壢

Drain, ditch, channel

壤

Soil, loam, earth; rich

壩

Embankment; dam

壴

Drum

夌

To dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao

寺

Court, office; temple, monastery

尘

Cinders, ashes, dust, dirt

幸

Favor, fortune, luck; surname

庄

Village, hamlet; villa, manor

廛

Store, shop

杜

To prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname

毀

To damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander

灶

Kitchen, oven, stove

牡

Male animal; key, door bolt

王

King, ruler; royal; surname

生

Life, lifetime; birth; growth

田

Field, farm, arable land; cultivated

疆

Boundary, border, frontier

瘗

To bury, to inter

社

Group, organization, society; a god of the soil

竈

Furnace; kitchen stove

耂

Old, aged; experienced

肚

Belly; abdomen, bowels

至

Reach, arrive; very, extremely

芏

Shichito matgrass

茔

Grave, tomb, cemetary

赤

Red, scarlet; blushing; bare, naked

走

To walk, to run, to flee

里

Unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

钍

Thorium

陞

To ascend, to rise; to promote