• 515th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 221 words
  • Component in 346 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

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 (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Example Words

Common

土地 
土豆 

Uncommon

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)
破土 
稀土 
粘土 
粪土 (糞土)
乡土 (鄉土)
领土 (領土)
风土 (風土)
黄土 (黃土)

RareShow 182

#Back to top
  • 2969th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kàng (kang4)kang (a heatable brick bed)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kàng (kang4)The component is pronounced as 'kàng' (kang4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Example Words

Uncommon

土炕 
铺炕 (鋪炕)

RareShow 2

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.