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土soil

soil. 3 strokes. 33 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning soilStrokes 3Characters 33

How to write 土

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Stroke order chart for the 土 radical — 3 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 33 characters below, 28 are pictophonetic with 土 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 33 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 土 family

HSK 2 · 6

地dì场chǎng坏huài堂táng墙qiáng在zài

HSK 3 · 6

城chéng境jìng基jī坚jiān土tǔ增zēng

HSK 4 · 9

型xíng址zhǐ堵dǔ垃lā圾jī培péi均jūn塑sù填tián

HSK 5 · 5

坐zuò堆duī壁bì坦tǎn域yù

HSK 6 · 7

埋mái墨mò墓mù坡pō塞sāi圣shèng塔tǎ

Words they appear in

场(chǎng)an open ground, a field/site
供大家活动、比赛用的一片空地
草(cǎo)地(dì)lawn, meadow
长满青草的一片地方
地(dì)球(qiú)the planet Earth
人类居住的这颗星球
地(dì)铁(tiě)the subway, the metro
在地下轨道上运行的城市交通工具
地(dì)铁(tiě)站(zhàn)subway station
乘客上下地铁、换乘的停靠点
广(guǎng)场(chǎng)square, plaza
城市里供大家聚集的开阔空地
坏(huài)处(chu)harm, disadvantage
对人不利、造成损害的方面
坏(huài)人(rén)bad person, villain
做坏事、伤害别人的人
课(kè)堂(táng)classroom
老师上课、学生听课的地方
墙(qiáng)wall
围起来分隔空间的建筑构件
球(qiú)场(chǎng)sports field, court
供人打球、比赛的场地
实(shí)在(zài)really, honest
形容人诚恳、不虚假
体(tǐ)育(yù)场(chǎng)stadium
指举行体育比赛的大型场地
停(tíng)车(chē)场(chǎng)parking lot
指专门用来停放车辆的场地