土 tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
土壤
tǔrǎng
soil
Characters in this word
壤 rǎng
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 襄 to aid, to help, to assist
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期使用化学肥料，可能会改变土壤的结构。 Chángqī shǐyòng huàxué féiliào, kěnéng huì gǎibiàn tǔrǎng de jiégòu. Long-term use of chemical fertilisers may change the structure of the soil.
- 这里的土壤很肥沃，适合种水稻。 Zhèlǐ de tǔrǎng hěn féiwò, shìhé zhòng shuǐdào. The soil here is very fertile and suits growing rice.
- 农民把落叶埋进土壤里，让它变成肥料。 Nóngmín bǎ luòyè mái jìn tǔrǎng lǐ, ràng tā biànchéng féiliào. The farmer buries fallen leaves in the soil to turn them into fertiliser.
Related words
- 土 tǔ soil; earth
- 土地 tǔdì land; soil
- 土豆 tǔdòu potato
- 本土 běntǔ local, native territory
- 出土 chūtǔ to be unearthed
- 风土人情 fēngtǔrénqíng local conditions and customs
- 国土 guótǔ national territory; land
- 领土 lǐngtǔ territory
- 泥土 nítǔ soil; earth
- 水土 shuǐtǔ water and soil; local environment
- 土生土长 tǔshēngtǔzhǎng born and raised locally; native-born
- 水面 shuǐmiàn water surface