壌
lot, earth, soil
Readings
On'yomi
- ジョウ
Kun'yomi
- つち
Meaning
壌 centers on earth or soil, especially in the sense of a plot or parcel of land. The 'lot' meaning is a specific application of that earthy ground.
Most common words using 壌
20 of 26- 土壌どじょう
soil
- 平壌ピョンヤン
Pyongyang (North Korea)
- 土壌動物どじょうどうぶつ
soil animal; soil life; soil biota; edaphon
- 土壌学どじょうがく
soil science; pedology
- 土壌改良どじょうかいりょう
soil amelioration; soil improvement
- 土壌水どじょうすい
soil moisture
- 土壌水分どじょうすいぶん
soil moisture; soil water
- 土壌汚染どじょうおせん
soil pollution
- 土壌汚染対策法どじょうおせんたいさくほう
Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act
- 土壌流出どじょうりゅうしゅつ
soil runoff
- 土壌浸食どじょうしんしょく
soil erosion
- 土壌細菌どじょうさいきん
soil bacteria
- 土壌肥沃度どじょうひよくど
soil fertility
- 壌土じょうど
soil
- 天壌てんじょう
heaven and earth
- 天壌無窮てんじょうむきゅう
as eternal as heaven and earth
- 平壌時間ピョンヤンじかん
Pyongyang Time; PYT; Standard Time of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 撃壌げきじょう
to stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing
- 日本土壌動物学会にっぽんどじょうどうぶつがっかい
Japanese Society of Soil Zoology
- 日本土壌微生物学会にっぽんどじょうびせいぶつがっかい
Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology
Study
Etymology
壌 combines 土 (earth) with 㐮, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to an older idea of soft or fertile soil. The exact historical development of 㐮 is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is earth 土, and the right side 㐮 looks like a complex arrangement of clothes 衣 and other parts. Picture a plot of rich soil where clothes are spread out to dry, marking the earth as a useful lot.
Reading mnemonic
For ジョウ, imagine a farmer named Joe who owns a plot of earth: Joe -> ジョウ, and his land is the soil he works.