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)
241 characters- 壤rǎng
(bound form) soil; earth
20 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.