土

つち つし ど に と

• earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud n
• the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land n
• low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) n
• (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) n
• Saturday n abbr
• earth; dirt; soil n
• land; lands; ground n
• earth (third of the five elements) n
• soil (esp. reddish soil) n arch
• Turkey unc abbr

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Kanji

土

ド • ト

つち

soil; earth; ground; Turkey

Grade Level 1

3 Strokes

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Synonyms

鳥の子紙

とりのこがみ

• eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy) n

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陰陽道

おんみょうどう おんようどう

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements n

Advanced ➥

土曜

どよう

• Saturday n-adv n

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五行

ごぎょう

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing n
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas n Buddh
• the five pillars of Islam n

Advanced ➥

土耳古

トルコ

• Turkey n uk
• turquoise n abbr uk

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