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土
Tǔ
1. Tu (ethnic group)
2. surname Tu
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 3 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

土
tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
HSK 5 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

中土
zhōngtǔ
Sino-Turkish
入土
rùtǔ
to bury
冻土
dòngtǔ
frozen earth
出土
chūtǔ
to dig up
动土
dòngtǔ
to break ground (prior to building sth)
国土
guótǔ
country's territory
土丘
tǔqiū
mound
土人
tǔrén
native
土伦
Tǔlún
Toulon (city in France)
土匪
tǔfěi
bandit
土司
tǔsī
sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
土地
tǔdì
land
HSK 5
土地
tǔdi
local god
HSK 5
土坎
tǔkǎn
earthen levee
土坯
tǔpī
mud brick
土埂
tǔgěng
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
土城
Tǔchéng
Tucheng city in New Taipei City [[新北市<Xīnběishì>]], Taiwan
土堆
tǔduī
mound
土壤
tǔrǎng
soil
HSK 6
土坝
tǔbà
earth dam

Alternate Entries

土
tǔ
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight ancient musical instruments [[八音<bāyīn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
514
Word Frequency Rank
1,986 of 84,292