The kanji 土: meaning, readings and stroke order

土

Meaning: soil, earth
On reading: ド do、ト to
Kun reading: つち tsuchi
Strokes: 3
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đất (thổ)
Japanese: つち。
Korean: 흙 (토)
Chinese: 泥土

Readings, words and example sentences

ド do · on reading

土ど木ぼく
building roads and bridges
父は 土ど木ぼくのしごとをしています。
My dad builds roads and bridges.
土ど曜よう日び
Saturday
土ど曜よう日びは学校が休みです。
There is no school on Saturday.

ト to · on reading

土と地ち
land
ここにひろい 土と地ちがあります。
There is a big piece of land here.

つち tsuchi · kun reading

土つち
soil, dirt
土つちの中から虫が出てきました。
A bug came out of the dirt.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.