Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1407 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: lot, earth, soil
Kunyomi: つち
Onyomi: ジョウ
Composition: 土 襄
Radical: 土
Meaning: earth
壌土 （ジョウド） soil, loamy soil, loam, soil with clay content of 25-37.5%
平壌 （ピョンヤン） Pyongyang (North Korea)
黄壌 （コウジョウ） yellow soil, loess, Hades, hell, underworld, world of the dead