⼟

earth

tǔ (tu3)

Radical no. 32 · 3 strokes (第 32 部首 · 3 画 dì 32 bùshǒu · 3 huà)

Radical ⼟ (tǔ) — meaning: earth, 3 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting a mound or patch of earth with three horizontal layers representing the ground and what lies beneath it.

Mnemonic: Three horizontal strokes stacked like layers of earth—remember the earth radical by picturing three layers of soil.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

107 characters

Stroke count

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Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 埈jùn

    variant of 峻[jun4]

    10 strokes

  • 埌làng

    wasteland

    10 strokes

  • 埒liè

    (literary) equal

    10 strokes

  • 埔bù

    used in place names

    10 strokes

  • 埕chéng

    earthen jar

    10 strokes

  • 埗bù

    wharf

    10 strokes

  • 埘shí

    hen roost

    10 strokes

  • 埙xūn

    ocarina

    10 strokes

  • 埚guō

    crucible

    10 strokes

  • 埛jiōng

    old variant of 坰[jiong1]

    10 strokes

  • 堲jí

    hate

    10 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.