CHINESE CHARACTER

土 (tǔ): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

tǔ

soil, earth; items made of earth

HSK 43 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

土

Primary radical

土 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 土.

十 · 一

Visible components

土 is decomposed as ⿱十一.

STROKES · 3

Write 土 in 3 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 土

土tǔ

HSK 4 · surname Tu; Tu ethnic group; earth; dust; clay; local

土地tǔdì

HSK 5 · land; soil; territory; local god; genius loci

土豆tǔdòu

HSK 5 · potato; (Tw) peanut

本土běntǔ

HSK 6 · one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory

土壤tǔrǎng

HSK 6 · soil

出土chūtǔ

HSK 7-9 · to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground

Examples using 土

土地

他买土地目的是要造房子。

Tā mǎi tǔ dì mù dì shì yào zào fáng zi。

He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.

土豆

我喜欢土豆。

Wǒ xǐ huan tǔ dòu。

I like potatoes.

本土

放眼全球，立足本土。

Fàng yǎn quán qiú， lì zú běn tǔ。

Think globally, act locally.

FAQ

What does 土 (tǔ) mean in Chinese?

soil, earth; items made of earth

How do you write 土 in stroke order?

土 has 3 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 土?

土 is the radical in 土. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 土?

土 (tǔ): surname Tu; Tu ethnic group; earth; dust; clay; local; 土地 (tǔdì): land; soil; territory; local god; genius loci; 土豆 (tǔdòu): potato; (Tw) peanut.