Mnemonic comic for 土
Translation
Mnemonic
Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station’s living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
All translations for 土
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
Comments
土 character breakdown
Component Translations
ten / 10
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit