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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)

土豚
tǔtún
aardvark
尘土
chéntǔ
dust
土著
tǔzhù
aboriginal
土豆
tǔdòu
potato
HSK 5
土邦
tǔbāng
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
培土
péitǔ
to earth up
土神
tǔshén
earth God
土窑
tǔyáo
earthen kiln
土制
tǔzhì
locally manufactured
土语
tǔyǔ
dialect
土猪
tǔzhū
aardvark
土路
tǔlù
dirt road
土香
tǔxiāng
see [[香附<xiāngfù>]]
土鳖
tǔbiē
ground beetle
动土
dòngtǔ
to break ground (prior to building sth)
土炕
tǔkàng
heated brick common bed
土族
Tǔzú
Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
土桑
Tǔsāng
Tucson (city in Arizona)
土温
tǔwēn
temperature of the soil
土葬
tǔzàng
burial (in earth)

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