The kanji 地: meaning, readings and stroke order

地

Meaning: ground, place
On reading: チ chi、ジ ji
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đất, nơi chốn (địa)
Japanese: じめん。ところ。
Korean: 땅, 곳 (지)
Chinese: 地面、地方

Readings, words and example sentences

チ chi · on reading

地ち図ず
map
地ち図ずを見て道をさがします。
I look at a map to find the way.

ジ ji · on reading · less common

地じ面めん
ground
雨で 地じ面めんがぬれました。
The ground got wet from the rain.

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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.