Radical family

土 radical character index

tǔ · earth; ground

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183 indexed characters

Characters are grouped by total stroke count so you can narrow the family the same way a traditional radical index works.

3

3 strokes

1 character
土tǔ

soil, earth

5

5 strokes

2 characters
圤pǔ

圣shèng

holy, sacred

6

6 strokes

12 characters
在zài

at, in, on

地de

earth, ground, soil

场chǎng

field, open space

圪gē

圭guī

jade tablet

圾jī

garbage, rubbish

圹kuàng

tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness

圮pǐ

destroyed, ruined

圩wéi

dike, embankment

圬wū

to whitewash, to plaster over with mud

圯yí

bridge

圳zhèn

a furrow in a field

7

7 strokes

21 characters
坐zuò

seat

块kuài

piece, lump, chunk

坏huài

bad, rotten, spoiled

坑kēng

pit, hole

坠zhuì

to drop, to fall down, to sink

坟fén

grave, mound, bulge

坛tán

altar

坝bà

embankment

坂bǎn

hillside, slope

坌bèn

dust

坒bì

to compare, to equal, to match

坊fāng

neighborhood, district, community

坚jiān

hard, strong

均jūn

equal, even, fair

坎kǎn

pit, hole

坜lì

drain, ditch, channel

圼niè

slime, black mud

圻qí

border, boundary

坍tān

collapse

坞wù

bank, entrenchment, low wall

址zhǐ

location, site

8

8 strokes

19 characters
垂chuí

to hang, to dangle

坡pō

slope, hillside, embankment

坳ào

cavity, depression, hollow

坼chè

to crack, to open, to split, to tear

坻chí

islet

坫diàn

a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking

坩gān

crucible

坷kě

uneven, bumpy

坤kūn

earth

垃lā

garbage, refuse, trash, waste

垅lǒng

grave, mound

垆lú

clay

坴lù

a clod of earth

坶mǔ

mud, mire

坭ní

mud, mire

坯pī

clay

坪píng

plain

坦tǎn

flat, level, smooth

坨tuó

lump, heap

9

9 strokes

23 characters
城chéng

castle, city, town

型xíng

pattern, model, type

垫diàn

cushion, mat, pad

垮kuǎ

to be defeated, to collapse, to fail

垯da

lump, mound

垤dié

anthill

垌dòng

farm, field

垛duǒ

heap, pile

垩è

chalk

垡fá

to plow

垓gāi

border, boundary, frontier

垢gòu

dirt, filth, stains

垲kǎi

a high and dry place

垦kěn

to cultivate, to farm

垒lěi

rampart

垴nǎo

small hillock, used in place names

埏shān

boundary, limit

垧shǎng

unit of area

垭yā

used in place names

垚yáo

mound, lump, round mass

垔yīn

to restrain

垠yín

boundary, river bank

垣yuán

low wall

10

10 strokes

13 characters
埋mái

to bury

埃āi

fine dust

埄běng

dust storm

埔bù

arena

埗bù

jetty, quay

埕chéng

a large, pear-shaped earthenware jar

埂gěng

ditch

埚guō

crucible

埒liè

enclosure, embankment, dike

埘shí

a chicken roost

埙xūn

ocarina

埇yǒng

the name of a bridge

垸yuàn

dike, embankment

11

11 strokes

29 characters
堆duī

crowd, heap, pile, mass

堂táng

hall, large room

堵dǔ

wall

埯ǎn

pit, hole

埲běng

dust storm

埠bù

jetty, quay

埭dài

dam

埵duǒ

hardened dirt or clay

堕duò

to drop, to fall, to sink

堊è

chalk

基jī

foundation, base

堅jiān

hard, strong

堇jǐn

yellow loam

堀kū

cave, hole

堃kūn

compliance, obedience

埝niàn

dike, embankment

培péi

to cultivate, to farm

堋péng

to bury

埤pí

to add, to increase

埼qí

headland

堑qiàn

moat, pit, trench

埽sào

broom

堍tù

embankment

埡yā

used in place names

埶yì

art

埸yì

border, limit, frontier

域yù

area, district, field, land, region

埴zhí

soil with high clay content

執zhí

to execute

12

12 strokes

13 characters
塔tǎ

tower, spire, tall building

堤dī

dike

堡bǎo

fort, fortress

報bào

to announce, to report

場chǎng

field, open space

堞dié

battlement

堠hòu

battlement, rampart

堿jiǎn

salty

堪kān

to endure

塄léng

a furrow in a field

堰yàn

dam, dike, embankment

堯yáo

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

堙yīn

to bury

13

13 strokes

15 characters
塞sāi

to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block

填tián

to fill, to pad, to stuff

墓mù

grave, tomb

塌tā

to collapse, to fall into ruin

塍chéng

a raised path between fields, a dike

塥gé

a lump of clay

塊kuài

piece, lump, chunk

塑sù

to sculpt, to model in clay

塘táng

pond, tank

塗tú

to smear, to scribble, to daub

塕wěng

airborne dust

塢wù

bank, entrenchment, low wall

塋yíng

grave, tomb, cemetary

塬yuán

plateau

塚zhǒng

cemetery

14

14 strokes

15 characters
墙qiáng

wall

塲cháng

field, market, open space

塵chén

cinders, ashes, dust, dirt

墊diàn

cushion, mat, pad

墮duò

to drop, to fall, to sink

境jìng

boundary, frontier

墚liáng

mountain range

墁màn

to plaster

塹qiàn

moat, pit, trench

墒shāng

silt

塾shú

village school

墅shù

villa, country house

墟xū

high mound

墉yōng

wall

墜zhuì

to drop, to fall down, to sink

15

15 strokes

5 characters
增zēng

to increase

墨mò

ink

墀chí

porch

墩dūn

stone block

墳fén

grave, mound, bulge

16

16 strokes

6 characters
壁bì

partition, wall

墼jī

unburnt bricks

墾kěn

to cultivate, to farm

墻qiáng

wall

壇tán

altar

壅yōng

to block

17

17 strokes

3 characters
壕háo

ditch

壑hè

gully, pool

壓yā

press

18

18 strokes

1 character
壘lěi

rampart

19

19 strokes

3 characters
壞huài

bad, rotten, spoiled

壢lì

drain, ditch, channel

壟lǒng

grave, mound

20

20 strokes

1 character
壤rǎng

soil, loam, earth

24

24 strokes

1 character
壩bà

embankment

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