Meanings
Readings
Common Words
plot of land; lot; soil
locality; region; place
earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
Also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌
(period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
clock; watch; timepiece
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling)
present brought by a visitor
something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift; disservice
concrete
Abbreviation
Saturday
Orig. meaning
earth; dirt; soil
land; lands; ground
earth (third of the five elements)
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
When someone dies, we bury them by digging a hole in the soil and marking the spot on the ground (一) with a cross (十).
A single plant sprouts from the soil: the ground level is the bottom line (一), the stem is the vertical line, and its first two leaves are the top line.
As a primitive, we can think of this as things related to earth, dirt, ground, etc.
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