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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: ground, earth

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: チ, ジ

Composition: 土 也

地

Radical

Radical: 土

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Reading: つちへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

地下(ちか)   underground

地下鉄(ちかてつ)   subway

地図(ちず)   map

地球(ちきゅう)   the earth

地平線(ちへいせん)   horizon

目的地(もくてきち)   destination

土地(とち)   plot of land

各地(かくち)   various places

現地(げんち)   actual place

地震(じしん)   earthquake

地獄(じごく)   hell

Onyomi Examples

地 (チ) earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)

地位 (チイ) (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank

奥地 (オクチ) interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions

対地 (タイチ) towards the ground, with respect to the ground, ground (speed, attack, etc.)

地 (ジ) ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)

地合い (ジアイ) texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones

下地 (シタジ) groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce

築地 (ツイジ) mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

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