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  1. 土 is the 515th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 105 words.
  4. appears as a component in 346 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth)
Graphical :
=> , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tu3 - Tu (ethnic group)/surname Tu
  2. tu3 - earth/dust/clay/local/indigenous/crude opium/unsophisticated/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 土 (tu3): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
土地 
土豆 

Medium Frequency

入土 
出土 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
国土 (國土)
土人 
土包子 
土匪 
土司 
土壤 
土家族 
土星 
土木 
土楼 (土樓)
土特产 (土特產)
土生土长 (土生土長)
土耳其 
土著 
土豆泥 
土豪 
土鳖 (土鱉)
尘土 (塵土)
故土 
本土 
水土 
水土不服 
泥土 
净土 (淨土)
混凝土 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
稀土 
粘土 
粪土 (糞土)
乡土 (鄉土)
领土 (領土)
风土 (風土)
黄土 (黃土)

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Meta:

  1. 地 is the 21st most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 285 words.
  4. appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (second), (N/A), (line)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. de5 - -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
  2. di4 - earth/ground/field/place/land/CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 地 (de5): The component 也 is pronounced as 'ye3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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