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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

下(ちか)   underground

下鉄(ちかてつ)   subway

図(ちず)   map

球(ちきゅう)   the earth

平線(ちへいせん)   horizon

目的(もくてきち)   destination

(とち)   plot of land

(かくち)   various places

(げんち)   actual place

震(じしん)   earthquake

獄(じごく)   hell

Onyomi Examples

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

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

オクチ interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions

タイチ ground to ground

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 (in the game of go), noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)

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

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

ツイジ mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall