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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

壌: lot, earth

Also: soil

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

土 carries the meaning · 㐮 gives the sound

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 土壌どじょうsoil
  • 天壌てんじょうheaven and earth

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 平壌ピョンヤンPyongyang (North Korea)

Also read つち, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
More in the 土 earth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
土

Also built on earth (土)

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㐮

Also built on 㐮

Also read ジョウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
壌 lot · 土
vs嬢 lass · 女
壌 has 土 where 嬢 has 女.
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 壤 · rǎng

壌 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 壤 in both simplified and traditional script.

Simplified
壤 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
壤 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rǎng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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