壤 (joeng6 joeng5 | rang3) : soil; earth; land

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壤

joeng6 joeng5

rang3

[1] soil; earth; loam
[2] land; area; territory

Jyutping joeng6 is standard reading; joeng5 is variant.

Stroke count: 20

Level: 2

Radical: 土 (#32)

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

壤

This word has been viewed 2763 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Apr 2012 06:01

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土壤 tou2 joeng6 tu3 rang3 = soil; ground

土壤侵蝕 tou2 joeng6 cam1 sik6 tu3 rang3 qin1 shi2 = soil erosion

接壤 zip3 joeng6 jie1 rang3 = to border on

壤土 joeng6 tou2 rang3 tu3 = loam

土壤學 tou2 joeng6 hok6 tu3 rang3 xue2 = agrology; pedology

平壤 ping4 joeng6 ping2 rang3 = Pyongyang

壤塘 joeng6 tong4 rang3 tang2 = Rangtang (place in Sichuan)

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Decimal representation of this word: 壤
Unicode code for this character: U+58e4 (off-site link)

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