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土

tǔ

HSK 3.0 · 3

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tǔ · tou2 (Jyutping)

  1. Tu ethnic group
  2. earth
  3. dust
  4. clay
  5. local
  6. indigenous
  7. crude opium
  8. unsophisticated
  9. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
  10. surname Tu

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

土

Meaning
soil, earth; items made of earth
Radical
土
Strokes
3
Components
⿱十一
Cangjie
G
Four-corner
4010.0

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