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earth

HSK 3 N4
ド、ト
つち
토, 두
Depicts a lump of dirt on the ground.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[Tǔ]
Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu
[tǔ]
earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā​yīn]
Japanese
つち つし 同音

noun

  1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
  2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
  3. low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
  4. (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) (also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌)
同音

noun

  1. abbrev. Saturday
  2. earth; dirt; soil (orig. meaning)
  3. land; lands; ground
  4. earth (third of the five elements)
同音
noun archaic soil (esp. reddish soil)
同音
noun abbrev.usually kana Turkey
Korean
[土]
Affix
to-; A prefix used to mean "earthen."
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
つち
Tsuchi surname
つちさき
Tsuchisaki surname
つちざき
Tsuchizaki surname
つちしお
Tsuchishio unclassified name
つちたか
Tsuchitaka surname
Do place name