Learn HSK courses HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon Practice Flashcards & reading Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks Reference Dictionary & hanzi Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes Play Games All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs Progress Stats & rankings Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Learn
HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Coming soon
Practice
Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks
Reference
Dictionary Search everything Hanzi Characters & strokes
Play
All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin typing shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs
Progress
Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank Reviews What learners say
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
土
tǔ
1. earth
2. dust
3. clay
4. local
5. indigenous
6. crude opium
7. unsophisticated
8. one of the eight ancient musical instruments [[八音<bāyīn>]]
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 3 strokes

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
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
514
Word Frequency Rank
1,986 of 84,292
Radical Number
32

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Custom Decks Accounts & Social Contact

Editorial

Learning Resources Blog HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Plans

Plans

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.