Mnemonic comic for 土

Translation

tǔ = tu + Ø3: earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

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

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : 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.

土 character breakdown

土
- 一
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

yi̅ = y + Ø1

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

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 土 as component

yě = y + e3

erroneous variant of 野[ye3]

du̅n = du + (e)n1

old variant of 墩[dun1]

dàng = d + ang4

(dialect) earthen dyke in a river or rice paddy (for irrigation purposes)

shàn = sh + an4

level spot for sacrifices

fán = f + an2

a grave

zu̅n = zu + (e)n1

goblet / bottle / wine-jar

tán = t + an2

variant of 罈|坛[tan2]

tán = t + an2

old variant of 壜[tan2]

ào = Ø + ao4

building-plot

lǎn = l + an3

disappointed

ài = Ø + ai4

dust / mud

dǎo = d + ao3

column / cylinder

ruán = ru + an2

land on water edge or under wall

Words with 土

locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown

rustic / uncouth / unsophisticated

local specialty

produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features)

traditional method

local tyrant

temperature of the soil

Turkestan

clay ox / mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)

clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance / worthless object

native dog / mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1])

aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena

excavated soil and rock / construction spoil

Tucson (city in Arizona)

traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multistory circular structure built around a central shrine

domestic and foreign

combining native and foreign methods

combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided

Australia (slang term reflecting a perception of Australia as something of a backwater)

heated brick common bed

Sentences with 土

xiǎo

shén

shì

běn

yuán

tǔ

di

lái

zhè

r

cì

hòu

dà

shèng

I'm the protective spirit of this place, here to serve the Great Sage.