1. noun earth; soil; dirt
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
    Notes: In the sense of 土壤 or a mixture of sand and soil; measure words: 层 layer or 块 piece (Kroll 2015 '土' 1; Guoyu '土' n 1; NCCED '土' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '土')
  2. noun Kangxi radical 32
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Earth radical (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '土' n 5)
  3. adjective local; indigenous; native
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 土产 'local product' (Guoyu '土' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '土' 2a; NCCED '土' 4)
  4. noun land; territory
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 土地 of 地域 (Kroll 2015 '土' 1b; Guoyu '土' n 2; NCCED '土' 1).
  5. noun earth element
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: One of the 五行 'five elements' of traditional Chinese thought (Guoyu '土' n 4; Kroll 2015 '土' 4; Sun 2006, loc. 1377)
  6. noun ground
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 地 (Kroll 2015 '土' 1a).
  7. noun homeland
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 乡里 (Kroll 2015 '土' 2; Guoyu '土' n 3; NCCED '土' 3)
  8. noun god of the soil
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '土' 3)
  9. noun a category of musical instrument
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: One of the eight categories of musical instruments (Kroll 2015 '土' 5)
  10. adjective unrefined; rustic; crude
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '土' 5)
  11. proper noun Tujia people
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Asia , Concept: Ethnic Group 民族
    Notes: An abbreviation for 土家族 (NCCED '土' Tǔ 1)
  12. proper noun Tu People; Monguor
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Asia , Concept: Ethnic Group 民族
    Notes: An abbreviation for 土族 (NCCED '土' Tǔ 2)
  13. noun soil; pāṃsu
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pāṃsu, or: medinī, Japanese: do, or: to, Tibetan: sa (BCSD '土', p. 289; Mahāvyutpatti 'medinī'; MW 'pāṃsu'; SH '土', p. 82; Unihan '土')
  14. noun land; kṣetra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kṣetra (BCSD '土', p. 289; MW 'kṣetra'; SH '土', p. 82)

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