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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジョウド soil, loamy soil, loam, soil with clay content of 25-37.5%

ピョンヤン Pyongyang (North Korea)

コウジョウ yellow soil, loess, Hades, hell, underworld, world of the dead