JLPT N1 · 16 strokes
Kanji 壌: "lot, earth, soil"
The kanji 壌 means "lot, earth, soil". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ジョウ in on'yomi and つち in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つち
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | lot, earth, soil |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1407 of 2,501 |
Common words with 壌
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 土壌soil · breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
- 天壌heaven and earth
- 土壌改良soil amelioration; soil improvement
- 平壌Pyongyang (North Korea)
- 土壌汚染soil pollution
- 天壌無窮as eternal as heaven and earth
- 土壌流出soil runoff
- 酸性土壌acid soil
- 霄壌heaven and earth
- 黄壌yellow soil; loess · Hades; hell; underworld; world of the dead
- 雲壌clouds and earth; great difference
- 土壌動物soil animal; soil life; soil biota; edaphon
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