earth

Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

a picture of 土 → earth, clay, soil

The character originally depicted a lump of clay sitting on a potter's wheel — raw earth given form by human hands. From that grounded image, it extended naturally to soil, the local land, and everything rooted in a particular place.

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这里的很适合种蔬菜。

zhè lǐ de tǔ hěn shì hé zhòng shū cài。

The soil here is very suitable for growing vegetables.

他穿的衣服看起来有点

tā chuān de yī fu kàn qǐ lái yǒu diǎn tǔ。

The clothes he is wearing look a bit unsophisticated.

Words with 土

土葬

tǔ zàng

burial (in earth)

土门

tǔ mén

Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate

红土

hóng tǔ

red soil

领土

lǐng tǔ

territory

领土完整

lǐng tǔ wán zhěng

territorial integrity

乡土

xiāng tǔ

native soil

酉阳土家族苗族自治县

yǒu yáng tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì xiàn

Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]

酸辣土豆丝

suān là tǔ dòu sī

hot and sour shredded potato

铝土矿

lǚ tǔ kuàng

bauxite

铝矾土

lǚ fán tǔ

bauxite

钢筋混凝土

gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ

reinforced concrete

铲土机

chǎn tǔ jī

bulldozer; wheel loader

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