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土地

tǔdì

land; soil

A patch of soil with a sprout
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Characters in this word

土 tǔ

Strokes
3
Radical
土 — soil, earth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

地 de

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 也 also, too
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这片土地很大。 Zhè piàn tǔdì hěn dà. This piece of land is large.
  • 土地很肥。 Tǔdì hěn féi. The soil is very rich.
  • 他们爱土地。 Tāmen ài tǔdì. They love the land.

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