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

to bury / buried / interred

Sino-Turkish

aridisol (soil taxonomy)

dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)

Huzhu Tuzu Autonomous County in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai

Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei

anthrosol (soil taxonomy)

buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)

mortar / concrete / cement

(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place / not acclimatized

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.