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ground/earth

HSK 1 N3
de, dì
チ、ジ
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.
Components
earth+ also =
ground/earth
Meaning component
earth
soil, earth
Phonetic component
also
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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 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
[de]
-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
[dì]
earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[piàn]
Japanese
同音

noun

  1. earth; ground; land; soil
  2. place
  3. territory
  4. bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
  5. earth (one of the five elements)
同音

noun

  1. ground; land; earth; soil
  2. the region in question; the local area
  3. skin
  4. texture; fabric; material; weave
  5. base; background
  6. one's true nature
  7. narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
  8. real life; actuality
  9. Go captured territory
  10. noh chorus
  11. accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
  12. basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
  13. base part (of multiple shamisens)
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)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
こおち
Koochi surname
しょうち
Shouchi surname
Chi surname
ちざき
Chizaki surname
ちとく
Chitoku surname
はまぢ
Hamaji surname