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土 - tǔ

soil, earth; items made of earth

soil, earth; items made of earth

How to read 土

Click 土 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishsoil, earth; items made of earth
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

土丘 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 土人. Please read 土伦 one more time.

Common words with this character

mound; hillock; barrow
native; aborigine; clay figure
Toulon
commie; CCP, the party of the people; pro-Beijing camp

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 土 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 土丘 and 土人 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 土.