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Mythic Mandarin

土地 (tǔ dì): meaning and stroke order

土地 (tǔ dì) means land, soil, territory, CL:片块, local god, genius loci.

土地

Simplified
土地
Traditional
土地 (same form)
Pinyin
tǔ dì · tǔ di

Stroke order of 土地

土

  • Tǔ Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu
  • tǔ earth; dust
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

地

  • de -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
  • dì earth; ground
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 土地

  1. tǔ dì
    • land
    • soil
    • territory
    • CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
  2. tǔ di
    • local god
    • genius loci

Radicals of the characters

土
Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 3 strokes · 十 on top, 一 below
地
Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 6 strokes · 土 on the left, 也 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

土地 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 然而，大月氏已经在新的土地上过上了安稳的日子，不想再打仗了。

    rán'ér Dà Yuèzhī yǐjīng zài xīn de tǔdì shàng guò shàng le ānwěn de rìzi bù xiǎng zài dǎzhàng le

    However, the Yuezhi had settled into a peaceful life in their new lands and no longer wanted war.

    From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6

Stories using 土地

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).