土

Tu3
#515 most
frequent character
Tu (ethnic group), surname Tu

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

土 is a picture of a clump of soil resting on the ground, and it first meant exactly that. The sense broadened to dirt and earth, then to land, and then to 'local'.

Drawn as: a clump of earth

土 as a component in other characters

meaning143 characters
地场增型境坐坚压块坏域均堂坦庄塔
sound8 characters
社徒杜吐肚钍芏圤
picture21 characters
里社基城野圣圳堵垒墟壑埽茔堇堞垆
empty4 characters
在走寺牡

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Same Characters, Different Readings

土tǔ
local, native, folk, indigenous

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