土 (tou2 | tu3) : soil; earth

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土

tou2

tu3

[1] soil; earth; [2] land; territory; domain [3] local; native; indigenous [4] unrefined; unenlightened [5] rustic; countrified [6] opium [7] an abbreviation for Turkey
[8] KangXi radical 32 (earth)

Stroke count: 3

Level: 1

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

土

Don't confuse with:
士

This word has been viewed 19071 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:43

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夯土機 haang1 tou2 gei1 hang1 tu3 ji1 = rammer; tamper; jack hammer

土地 tou2 dei6/dei6*2 tu3 di4/di5 = land; territory; local god of land

老土 lou5 tou2 = old-fashioned 粵

水土 seoi2 tou2 shui3 tu3 = water and soil

三人一條心，黃土變成金 saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1 san1 ren2 yi4 tiao2 xin1 huang2 tu3 bian4 cheng2 jin1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold

土人 tou2 jan4 tu3 ren2 = an aborigine, a native

金木水火土 gam1 muk6 seoi2 fo2 tou2 jin1 mu4 shui3 huo3 tu3 = the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth

鄉土 hoeng1 tou2 xiang1 tu3 = one's native land

本土派 bun2 tou2 paai3 ben3 tu3 pai4 = localists

土星 tou2 sing1 = Saturn
See all 119 compounds (CantoDict reports 127 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 土
Unicode code for this character: U+571F (off-site link)

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