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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Tǔ | Tu3
English translation
Tu (ethnic group)
surname Tu
earth
dust
clay
local
indigenous
crude opium
unsophisticated
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 bā yīn [bā yīn]
soil, earth; items made of earth

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Number of strokes

3

Radical frequency

580

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

十一 shí yī

Explanation

Pictograph of a lump of clay on a pottery wheel.

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用拉坯轮机 lún jī tuán 粘土加工 jiāgōng Chéng le 一只 wǎn .

He throws a bowl from a ball of clay.

zhè kuài Tián 需要 xūyào fān .

This field needs to be dug up.

爸爸 bàba yòng 铁锹 tiě qiāo fān 花园 huā yuán de .

Dad uses a spade to dig the garden.

埃及 Aī jí 大部分 dà bù fen 土地 tǔdì dōu gěi 皇家 huáng jiā 佃农 diàn nóng .

Most of his land was leased to " royal tenants ".

一年 Hòu , bèi 正式 zhèngshì 任命 rènmìng wéi xiàn de 土地 tǔdì 测量 cèliáng yuán .

He was appointed official county surveyor a year later.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
土地 tǔdì land土地 tǔdì
earth
土豆 tǔdòu potato土豆 tǔdòu
国土 guó tǔ national land國土
土耳其 Tǔ ěr qí Turkey土耳其 Tǔ ěr qí
本土 běn tǔ native本土 běn tǔ
土壤 tǔrǎng soil土壤 tǔrǎng
领土 lǐngtǔ territory領土
泥土 ní tǔ earth泥土 ní tǔ
混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete混凝土 hùn níng tǔ
尘土 chén tǔ dust塵土
土著 tǔ zhù aboriginal土著 tǔ zhù
土匪 tǔ fěi bandit土匪 tǔ fěi
土豆泥 tǔ dòu ní mashed potato土豆泥 tǔ dòu ní
土司 tǔ sī sliced bread (loanword from "toast")土司 tǔ sī
卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái to make a comeback卷土重來
出土 chū tǔ to dig up出土 chū tǔ
推土机 tuī tǔ jī bulldozer推土機
入土 rù tǔ to bury入土 rù tǔ
土生土长 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng indigenous土生土長
国土资源部 Guó tǔ Zī yuán bù Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), formed in 1998國土資源部
土星 Tǔ xīng Saturn (planet)土星 Tǔ xīng
水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí
土拨鼠 tǔ bō shǔ groundhog土撥鼠
乡土 xiāng tǔ native soil鄉土

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Compounds

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    • zài
      • què
        • jiǎo , jiǎo
      • diū
        • gài
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      • jié , qiè , , , , , , , qiè , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jié , , , , ,
      • chóng
        • Dǒng
          • dǒng ,
        • dòng
          • xx
        • zhōng
        • zhǒng , zhǒng , zhǒng , chòng , dòng , tuǎn , zhōng , , , , , , , , , , zhǒng , , , ,
      • liáng
      • Tóng
        • zhuàng , chuáng , tóng , chōng , tóng , chuáng , tóng , tóng , tóng , Zhuàng , tuǎn , tóng , 罿 tóng , chōng , , , , , , , , , , zhōng
      • mái
        • , lí kè , , , , ,
      • hēi
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      • chán
        • Chán , chán , chán
      • , chán , , , , , , , , , kuī , , lǐ wǎ , , , , , , , ,
    • zǒu
      • Yuè
      • , chāo , , gǎn , tāng , chèn , , , zhào , dǒu , jiū , zhào , , liè , , shàn , xuè , , tiáo , cuǐ , , qiáo , zào , , zǎn , , , , , , , , 赿, , , , , , , , , , , , , gǎn , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 跿,
    • de
      • ,
    • biǎo
      • biǎo , biǎo , biǎo , biāo , , biǎo
    • Zuò
      • zuò
      • cuò
        • cuò
      • cuò , cuò , cuó , cuó , cuò , zuò , cuǒ , zhuā , , , , ,
    • zhì
      • dào
        • dǎo , ,
      • Shì
        • , ,
        • ō , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhì
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      • tái
        • tái , tái , tái , , , tái ,
      • zhì , zhí , zhì , zhēn , zhì , zhí , zhì , , dié , dié , zhí , dié , dié , dié , chì , zhì , zhì , zhì , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , zhì , , ,
      • Sāi
        • sāi , sài ,
      • , , ,
    • xìng
          • ,
        • gāo , , , , , ,
      • bào
        • bāo
        • , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhí
      • xìng , xìng , , xìng , xìng , , , ,
    • shèng
      • guài , jìng , ruì , chēng , jīng , chēng , qīng , jǐng
    • jiān
    • táng
      • táng , táng , chēng , tāng , tāng , táng , táng , tāng , , , , , , , , ,
    • mái
    • zǎi
      • zài
    • jié
      • , ,
    • zhuāng
      • zàng , zhuāng , zāng , ,
    • kǎn
    • jūn
      • yún , yún
    • chuí
      • shuì , chuí , tuò , chuí , chuí , chuí , zuī , duǒ , tuò , zhuì , , , , , , , chuí , , , chuí
      • dāi
        • , zhì ,
      • shí
        • shí , , , , , shí
      • děng , , chí , Shī , shì , zhì , zhì , shì , zhì , zhì , zhì , shī , shí , , , , shī
    • zāi
    • guī
      • Fēng
        • fēng , fēng , fēng , , , bāng , , ,
      • xié
      • kuí
        • kuí , kuí , kuǐ , , ,
      • guà
        • guà , guà , guà ,
      • guì
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          • ,
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    • áo
    • zāi
      • ,
    • rǎn
      • zài
        • dài ,
      • gòu
      • chēng
        • chēng , chēng
      • rán , níng , dān , rǎn , rán , , , , , rǎn , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhuāng
    • jǐn
      • qín , jǐn , jǐn , jìn , jǐn , jǐn , jǐn , jǐn , 槿 jǐn , jìn , yín , jǐn , jǐn , , , , , , , jǐn , jǐn
      • , ,
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        • niè , shì , , , , , ,
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    • yīn
      • yān , yān , yīn , yīn , juàn , yīn , , , , , ,
    • yáo
      • yáo
        • xiǎo , qiāo , qiāo , náo , jiǎo , , ráo , , , , , náo , ráo , jiāo , shāo , , , , , rào , , ráo , náo , , , , , , ráo , , ,
    • chán
      • Chán , chán , chán
              • , ,
          • niè , shì , , , , , ,
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      • líng
        • léng
          • léng
        • líng
          • ,
        • Líng , líng , léng , líng , líng , , líng , , líng , léng , Chěng , lèng , lèng , , , , , , , , líng
      • zhé , zhì , , , , , , zhì , zhì ,
    • niè
    • jiān
      • , qiān , , , , jiān
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    • lěi
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    • zhuàng
      • zhuāng
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    • huǐ
    • lǎo
      • lǎo
          • shì , , , shī , zhī , zhī , , ,
        • lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , lǎo , mào , gǒu , dié , , , , , lāo , , , ,
      • zhě
        • dōu
        • zhū
        • zhù
          • chú , , ,
        • shǔ
          • ,
        • Zhū
        • shǔ
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        • zhù
          • zhù
        • zhū
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      • kǎo
      • xiào
        • Jiào
          • jiào ,
        • xiāo , jiào , xiāo , , , , , , , ,
      • gǒu , gǒu , dié
    • cháng , huài , kuài , chéng , xíng , , shè , tǎn , jìng , āi , qiáng , , , , duī , bǎo , , zhǐ , zēng , , , , , , tián , kān , , péi , lěi , diàn , zhuì , chén , , , kuǎ , duò , fén , kēng , , tán , píng , shù , kūn , fāng , rǎng , táng , , tuó , ,
    • , , dūn , háo , tān , zào , gòu , bǎn , , lǒng , jiāng , yín , qiàn , yuán , , è , kěn , , , , duǒ , , , guō , ào , gān , zhǒng , , gěng , , yǒng , chè , , zēng , yíng , yōng , , , fén , , , kuài , shì , me , guó , , wéi , , , qiān
    • zhèn , zhuó , kuàng , , fén , kēng , bèn , bèn , jǐng , , diàn , , jiōng , yǎng , , chí , lǒng , dài , dòng , , gāi , hòu , duī , zhào , guǐ , chá , yáng , dié , shǎng , , da , kǎi , nǎo , ǎn , póu , hàn , , chuí , běng , què , jùn , làng , shān , liè , chéng , , shí , xūn , jiōng ,
    • wǎn , , dài , ǎn , cài , běng , zhí , duǒ , sào , , gāng , , péng , , , líng , yīn , dié , hòu , ruán , è , huáng , è , yàn , , méi , gāng , jiǎn , lěi , jiǎng , léng , , chéng , , wěng , què , bàng , tián , , yán , yuán , lǎng , shuǎng , shú , , chí , màn , kàn , yōng , jǐn
    • shāng , qiāo , fán , zūn , , tán , , , , huài , rǎng , xūn , , dǎo , ruán , tán , wěi , zūn , zài , , xīng , zào , , , zǒu , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jīng , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , dàng , , , , yuàn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , niàn , , ,
    • , , , , , shǎng , , , , , , , , , kūn , è , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , chǎng , , , , , , , , , , , wān , ,
    • yíng , , , , , , , , , , duī , , , , , , , , , , , , cháng , , , , , , qiàn , , , , , , , , diàn , , , , , , , , , , , liáng , , zhuì
    • , , , , , , , , duò , , , , , tán , , , , , qiáng , , , kěn , , , , , , tán , , , , , , , , , , , huài , lǒng , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , zào , chán , , , shēng , ,
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