土 (tǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “soil”. It takes 3 strokes.
Learn this character
Structure
土
Single unit
- 土 earth; soil · tǔ unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+571F, Unicode radical 32, and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection
Memory aid
Trace the three strokes of the earth character (土) to remember soil and land.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
3 strokes
In real words
- 土地tǔ dìland; soil土 = tǔ
- 泥土ní tǔsoil; earth土 = tǔ
Go deeper
All readings
soil
soil; earth; land; local or native
泥土；土地；也可表示本地的或本乡的。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 土地tǔ dìland; soil土 = tǔ
- 泥土ní tǔsoil; earth土 = tǔ
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 土 mean?
土 (tǔ) means soil; earth; land; local or native.
How do you pronounce 土?
It is pronounced tǔ.
How many strokes does 土 have?
3. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 土?
土. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 土?
Common ones are 土地 and 泥土. The reading of 土 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.