土

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/土

Glyph origin

 * a lump of clay on a potter’s wheel.

Etymology 1
There is no obvious cognate and etymology, unless it may be related to 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). However, this would require the assumption of a shift from front vowel to Old Chinese *a.

Probably related to.

Definitions

 * 1) earth; soil
 * 2)  dust
 * 3) land
 * 4) crude opium
 * 5) hometown; native place
 * 6) local; native; indigenous
 * 7) rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
 * 8) indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
 * 9)  the ; Monguor people; White Mongol
 * 1) hometown; native place
 * 2) local; native; indigenous
 * 3) rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
 * 4) indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
 * 5)  the ; Monguor people; White Mongol
 * 1) rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
 * 2) indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
 * 3)  the ; Monguor people; White Mongol
 * 1) indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
 * 2)  the ; Monguor people; White Mongol
 * 1)  the ; Monguor people; White Mongol
 * 1)  the ; Monguor people; White Mongol

Synonyms






Etymology 1
From. First attested in the  of 712.

Noun

 * 1) earth, soil, mud
 * 2) the ground

Etymology 2
Short form of the spelling.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Turkey

Etymology 3
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) earth, soil
 * 2) land, ground, territory
 * 3) earth
 * 4)  Saturday

Etymology
From.