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Kotomora

壌

lot, earth, soil

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes16

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

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  • 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

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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.