壤
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(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 土 +17
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 壤
- Common rank
- #2,675
- Unicode
- U+58E4
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Formation & memory
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Words with 壤
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天壤之别 | (lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); (fig.) night and day difference; a… | |
| 平壤市 | Pyongyang, capital of North Korea | |
| 土壤学 | pedology (soil study) | |
| 平壤 | Pyongyang, capital of North Korea | |
| 黄壤 | yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions); (literary) yello… | |
| 土壤 | soil | |
| 壤土 | (agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory | |
| 月壤 | lunar soil | |
| 壤塘县 | Zamthang, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1… | |
| 接壤 | to border on | |
| 霄壤之别 | see 天壤之別|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2] | |
| 穷乡僻壤 | a remote and desolate place | |
| 沃壤 | fertile soil | |
| 壤塘 | see 壤塘縣|壤塘县[Rang3 tang2 Xian4] | |
| 熙壤 | variant of 熙攘[xi1 rang3] | |
| 熙熙壤壤 | variant of 熙熙攘攘[xi1 xi1 rang3 rang3] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 襄 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 襄 sound part | to aid, to help, to assist; to undress | |
| 囊 | bag, purse, sack; to pocket, to stow | |
| 攘 | to usurp, to seize; to repel | |
| 镶 | inset, inlay; to set, to mount; to fill | |
| 嚷 | to shout, to roar, to cry; to brawl | |
| 瓤 | flesh, core, pith, pulp | |
| 穰 | stalks of grain; lush, abundant | |
| 骧 | to gallop about with the head uplifted | |
| 蘘 | wild ginger | |
| 曩 | ancient times; former; old |