単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#1,765 most used

土

つち2

Pitch accent · 尾高 (odaka)

soil; dirt

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

Cover the seeds with a little earth.

from Tatoeba · tommy__san

IN OTHER SENTENCES

The fields dry up, and the soil cracks.

from Tatoeba · KK_kaku_

MEANINGS

1

earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land

noun

3

low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)

noun

4

(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

noun

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,765 most used

Written土、地

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium