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

kǎn = k + an3

old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole

chéng = ch + (e)ng2

variant of 塍[cheng2]

jù = ju + Ø4

diked pond

tǎng = t + ang3

flat land / (used in place names)

shǎng = sh + ang3

variant of 垧[shang3] / Taiwan pr. [chong3]

ǎn = Ø + an3

hole in the ground to plant seeds in / to make a hole for seeds / to dibble

běng = b + (e)ng3

see 塕埲[weng3 beng3] / classifier for walls (Cantonese)

sào = s + ao4

dike / old variant of 掃|扫[sao4]

nì = ni + Ø4

parapet

péng = p + (e)ng2

target in archery

yá = y + a2

(used in place names) / Taiwan pr. [ai2]

Words with 土

locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown

earthen kiln / loess cave

local specialty

produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features)

excavated soil and rock / construction spoil

earth God

temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals

hillbilly / yokel / redneck / bumpkin

Turkish döner kebab

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

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.