土
Turkey, earth, ground, soil

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

トド

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つち

Nanori (名乗り)

つくはひじ

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:1
Strokes:3
JLPT:5
Frequency:307

Vocabulary

ト

WordReadingMeaning
土圭トケイclock; watch; timepiece
土地トチplot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
土地収用トチシュウヨウland expropriation
土地改革トチカイカクland reform
土地改良トチカイリョウland improvement

ド

WordReadingMeaning
郷土キョウドnative place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
国土コクドcountry; territory; domain; realm
出土シュツドarcheological excavation (archaeological)
浄土ジョウドpure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
全土ゼンドwhole nation; whole land; whole country

Other

WordReadingMeaning
お土産おみやげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
お土産おみあげlocal specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
混凝土コンクリートconcrete
国土くにつちcountry; territory; domain; realm
土つちearth; soil; dirt; clay; mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

士
gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33), scholar
Grade 5JLPT 1
工
construction, craft, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Grade 2JLPT 4
五
five
Grade 1JLPT 5
王
king, magnate, rule
Grade 1JLPT 3
与
award, bestow, cause, gift, give, godsend, impart, participate in, provide
Grade 8JLPT 3
三
three
Grade 1JLPT 5
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
Grade 1JLPT 5
仕
attend, doing, official, serve
Grade 3JLPT 4
玉
ball, jewel
Grade 1JLPT 2
左
left
Grade 1JLPT 5