土

tǔ

“Tu ethnic group” in Chinese is 土 (tǔ).

Other characters with the syllable tu: see all 11 →

Meaning

Tu ethnic group
earth
dust

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clay
local
indigenous
crude opium
unsophisticated
one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
surname Tu

Example

他买土地目的是要造房子。

His goal in buying land is to build a house.

From 土地 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 土

土地tǔdìlandHSK 4 土豆tǔdòupotatoHSK 5 本土běntǔone's native countryHSK 6 出土chūtǔto dig upHSK 7-9 国土guótǔcountry's territoryHSK 7-9 领土lǐngtǔterritoryHSK 7-9 泥土nítǔearth; soil; mud; clayHSK 7-9 土匪tǔfěibanditHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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