壤

soil / earth

壤 = 土 + 襄 : Robinson Crusoe (r) and many others are working hard in a communal effort (襄) to analyze the soil (壤) in the Angwor Wat (ang3). They are digging up a lot of dirt (土) and want to analyze which layer of soil (壤) is the best one for agriculture.

壤 character breakdown

壤
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 襄
  - 一
  - 井
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 二
      - 一
  - 口
  - 衣
    - 亠
      - 一
      - 丶
    - 𧘇
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

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.

襄

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

surname Xiang

襄 = 衣 + 口 + 井 + 一 : Marie Curie (xi) is cooperating with a lot of people (襄) in a communal effort (襄) to dig a well (井) in front of the anglepod (ang1). The summer is very hot, so everyone is wearing kilts (衣). They dig the well using flutes (一) and they hope that they will unearth lots of mandarins (口) to create a mandarin well.

襄

xia̅ng = xi + ang1

to help / to assist / mutual assistance / to rush into or up / to raise or hold up / high / tall / old variant of 欀 / chariot horse (old) / change (old)

Characters with 壤 as component

壤 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 壤

土

tǔ

壤

rǎng

soil

平

píng

壤

rǎng

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

天

tia̅n

壤

rǎng

之

zhi̅

别

別

bié

lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from

壤

rǎng

塘

táng

Zamtang County (Tibetan: 'dzam thang rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan

壤

rǎng

塘

táng

县

縣

xiàn

壤

rǎng

土

tǔ

loam