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

xù = xu + Ø4

variant of 婿[xu4]

ruán = ru + an2

land on water edge or under wall

lú = lu + Ø2

clay / shop

tán = t + an2

variant of 罈|坛[tan2]

wěi = w + ei3

mound / embankment / the earthen altar to the god of the soil

mì = mi + Ø4

used in 峚山[Mi4 Shan1]

zài = z + ai4

old variant of 在[zai4]

zào = z + ao4

old variant of 灶[zao4]

dù = du + Ø4

used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4] / Taiwan pr. [tu3]

zǒu = z + ou3

variant of 走[zou3]

niè = ni + e4

dangerous

Words with 土

vernacular / slang / dialect / patois

Turkmenistan

cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy

traditional method

local accent

local tyrant

(Tw) debris flow / mudslide

local produce

native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)

Tumen or Bumin Khan (-553), founder of Göktürk khanate

lit. earthen steps and a small cottage / frugal living conditions (idiom)

local wealthy landlord / country money-bags / rich provincial

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.