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壌 — Lot

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary school#1407 most used
lot, earth, soil
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiつち (tsuchi)

Stroke order (16 strokes)

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Common words using 壌

WordReadingMeaning
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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