Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
土 earth, soil
- Meaning
- earth, soil
- On reading
- ド
- Kun reading
- つち
Memory hook
A cross standing on a base line, like a shoot pushing up out of the ground. ド in compounds, つち on its own.
Words that use 土
土曜日
どようび
Saturday
土
つち
soil
How to write 土
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. The horizontal across the middle.
- 2. The vertical through the centre.
- 3. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
土 is taught on day 6 of the kanji course, alongside 木 金, with two writing passes and a short quiz.