地
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Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
地
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
地
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
地
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
地
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
地
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
地
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
地
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
地 [de]
-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地 [dì]
earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[piàn]
Japanese
noun
- earth; ground; land; soil
- place
- territory
- bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
- earth (one of the five elements)
noun
- ground; land; earth; soil
- the region in question; the local area
- skin
- texture; fabric; material; weave
- base; background
- one's true nature
- narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
- real life; actuality
- captured territory
- noh chorus
- accompaniment music (in Japanese dance)
- basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive)
- base part (of multiple shamisens)
noun
- 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) (also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
地 こおち
Koochi surname
地 しょうち
Shouchi surname
地 ち
Chi surname
地 ちざき
Chizaki surname
地 ちとく
Chitoku surname
地 はまぢ
Hamaji surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
地方 [dìfāng] #181
region
地区 [dìqū] #1,753
local
地区 [dìqū] #1,753
local
地址 [dìzhǐ] #1,423
address
当地 [dāngdì] #2,364
local
当地 [dāngdì] #2,364
local
土地 [tǔdì] #2,210
land
地球 [dìqiú] #1,254
the earth
基地 [jīdì] #2,203
base (of operations)
地点 [dìdiǎn] #1,559
place
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 位置 [いち] #1,036
place
⭐ 地面 [じめん] #1,369
ground
⭐ 土地 [とち] #1,950
plot of land
⭐ 地下 [ちか] #1,954
underground
⭐ 地上 [ちじょう] #1,969
above ground
⭐ 土 [つち] #2,045
earth
⭐ 地獄 [じごく] #2,059
hell realm
⭐ 地位 [ちい] #2,785
(social) position
⭐ 地域 [ちいき] #2,810
area
⭐ 地方 [ちほう] #2,826
district
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