CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

土

 

 

3 strokes ( 土 )

ㄊㄨ3 (tu3)

tǔ

 

土 = soil, earth; items made of earth; dust; clay; local; crude opium; simple, unsophisticated; indigenous; the Tu ethnic people; Chinese surname => pictographic representation of a mound 十 (radical 24) on the ground 一 (radical 1); its form is somewhat similar to 上

 

上 下