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土 3 strokes

土 tǔ — earth; soil

3 strokes · radical 土 · HSK 3

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A way to remember it

A clod of earth heaped on the ground, or an altar mound. It is the soil under 地, 场 and 坐 — anything that happens on the ground.

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A clod of earth heaped on the ground, or an altar mound.

Words it turns up in

土地

Lists it belongs to

一二三人 Your first 20 characters 20 characters 日月山水 Characters that are still pictures 24 characters

Characters near this one

七 qī 九 jiǔ 了 le 二 èr 人 rén 儿 ér 入 rù 八 bā

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