JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
土 means earth, soil. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 3 strokes, read つち or ど. It appears in 土曜日 (Saturday) and お土産 (souvenir).
土 is written in 3 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土曜日 | どようび | Saturday |
| お土産 | おみやげ | souvenir |
| 土台 | どだい | foundation / base / basis |
土 tends to carry the sound と. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 土 | と | soil, earth |
| 吐 | と | spit, vomit |
| 杜 | と | woods, grove |
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