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Kanji

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 㐮

壌

Radical

Radical: 土

Meaning: earth

Reading: つち

Frequency: 580

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

土

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

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