Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Kun:
つち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
307 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 土 【ド】 Saturday, earth, dirt, soil, land, lands, ground, earth (third of the five elements)
  • 土地 【トチ】 plot of land, lot, soil, locality, region, place
  • 浄土 【ジョウド】 pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha), (Buddhist) paradise, Pure Land Buddhism
  • 郷土 【キョウド】 native place, birth-place, one's old home, province, region, locality
  • 土 【ト】 Turkey
  • 時計 【トケイ】 clock, watch, timepiece
  • 下土 【カド】 lower world, this world, the earth
  • 率土 【ソット】 ends of the earth, outer reaches, borderland

Kun reading compounds

  • 土 【つち】 earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud, the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land, low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud), (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
  • 土方 【どかた】 construction worker, laborer (labourer), navvy
  • 盛り土 【もりど】 embankment (for road, railway, etc.), raising the ground level, fill
  • 赤土 【あかつち】 red clay, red earth, laterite, dark-red paint

Readings

Japanese names:
つく、 は、 ひじ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu3
Korean:
to, du

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • Turquía

Portuguese

  • solo
  • terra
  • chão
  • Turquia

French

  • sol
  • terre
  • terrain
  • Turquie
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
19 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
60 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
316 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1050 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
19 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
42 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
24 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
347 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4211 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2127 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2875 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
152 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4867 Morohashi
3403 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
966 New Nelson (John Haig)
150 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
161 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
360 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
22 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4010.0 Four corner code
1-37-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
571f Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
bag, bale, sack, counter for bags
Kun:
たわら
On:
ヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 俵 【タワラ】 straw bag, sack, bale, counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
  • 俵数 【ヒョウスウ】 number of straw bags
  • 土俵 【ドヒョウ】 (wrestling) ring, forum (e.g. for discussion), sandbag, gabion
  • 初土俵 【ハツドヒョウ】 first tournament for a wrestler

Kun reading compounds

  • 俵 【たわら】 straw bag, sack, bale, counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
  • 俵編 【たわらあみ】 making bags out of this year's straw (during autumn)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
biao3
Korean:
pyo

Spanish

  • fardo
  • saco
  • contador de fardos
  • saco de paja

Portuguese

  • bolsa
  • fardo
  • sacola
  • sufixo para contagem de para bolsas

French

  • sac de paille
  • sac
  • botte de paille
  • compteur de sacs
702 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
796 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
775 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1527 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
467 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
879 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1053 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1280 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1890 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2063 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1426 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
112 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
129 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
85 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
97 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1561 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
730 Morohashi
115 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1547 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1667 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
720 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2165 2001 Kanji
2a8.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2523.2 Four corner code
1-41-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ff5 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 回廊 【カイロウ】 corridor, gallery, hallway, cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
  • 回転 【カイテン】 rotation, revolution, turn, spin, working (e.g. of one's mind), function, turnover (of goods, funds, etc.), circulation, flow (of customers), rotation, curl, slalom
  • 回向 【エコウ】 memorial service, prayers for the repose of the soul, transfer of merit
  • 回心 【エシン】 (Buddhist) conversion

Kun reading compounds

  • 回る 【まわる】 to turn, to rotate, to revolve, to spin, to go around, to circle, to revolve around, to orbit, to make the rounds (of), to go around (several places), to travel around, to make a tour of, to patrol, to go by way of, to go via, to stop by (on the way), to take a roundabout route, to make a detour, to move around (to another place or position), to come around, to go over (e.g. to the opposing side), to come around (of one's turn), to be passed around (of a cup, circular, etc.), to function, to work well, to spread, to extend (to; e.g. of one's attention), to reach, to take effect (of alcohol, poison, etc.), to pass (a time), to turn (e.g. 5 o'clock), to earn interest, to ... around, to ... about
  • 回す 【まわす】 to turn, to rotate, to spin, to twist, to gyrate, to pass around, to send around, to hand around, to circulate, to move (someone or something to where its needed), to send, to bring, to transfer, to forward, to direct, to submit, to turn (to a new use), to use (for something else), to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine), to start up (e.g. an engine), to give (something) a spin, to put (someone in a position), to make (e.g. an enemy of), to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play), to do all over, to do everywhere, to do completely, to surround (something) with, to enclose with, to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist), to reach around, to invest (money), to lend, to dial (a telephone number), to gang-rape, to operate (e.g. business, shop)
  • 回る 【もとおる】 to wander around
  • 巡る 【めぐる】 to go around, to make a circle around, to surround, to circle, to enclose, to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to return, to repeat, to circulate (of blood, money, etc.), to travel around, to make a tour of, to concern (a matter), to surround
  • 巡らす 【めぐらす】 to enclose (with), to surround (with), to encircle, to turn (one's head, heel, etc.), to think over, to work out, to consider, to ponder, to devise, to plan, to notify (orally or in writing)

Readings

Japanese names:
ざこ、 じゃく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui2
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • giro
  • rotación
  • vuelta
  • girar
  • voltear
  • dar vueltas

Portuguese

French

1548 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
994 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3833 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2660 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9575 Morohashi
3089 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1659 New Nelson (John Haig)
2886 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2896 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2q6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
1640.0 Four corner code
1-18-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5efb Unicode hex code