壌
壌 — Lot
lot, earth, soil
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiつち (tsuchi)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 壌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平壌 | ピョンヤン pyonyan | Pyongyang (North Korea) |
| 土壌 | どじょう dojou | soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for) |
Study notes
壌 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1407 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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