earth

Depicts a lump of dirt on the ground.

Evolution

土 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
土 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
土 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
土 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
土 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

soil, earth; items made of earth; earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā​yīn]

 

Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu

Most common words with 土
Freq.
Word
Meaning

土地

land

earth

土豆

potato

国土

national land

土耳其

Turkey

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 8 characters (7 verified)

𡈼

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tʰˤaʔ

thuX

earth


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 33.1091% of movies

1008th most common character in movies

515th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+571F

Shuowen

“土,地之吐生物者也。二象地之下、地之中物出形也。”


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