土つち偏へん

noun

earth radical (radical 32); soil radical on the left

Refers to the kanji component 土 when it appears on the left side of a character, as in 地 or 場. Used in discussing kanji structure.

• 「地ち」の左ひだり側がわは土つち偏へんです。

  The left side of 地 is the earth radical.

• 土つち偏へんの漢かん字じを集あつめて練れん習しゅうした。

  I collected kanji with the earth radical and practiced them.