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土 — the “earth” radical

Radical #32 3 strokes

soil, ground 47 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 土 radical (47)

ground, earthlocation, placereport, newsexist, outskirtsincrease, addfundamentals, radical (chem)soil, earthboundary, borderrange, regionmould, typebases, fortlevel, averagepressure, pushdemolition, breakcastletenacious, take holdslope, inclinehillock, moundpublic chamber, hallwall, lining (stomach)strict, hardbury, be filled upsaltditch, moatcram school, private schoolgrave, tomblot, earthpaint, plastercultivate, fostercrash, fall (down)podium, stagehedge, fenceblack ink, India inkdike, bankpagoda, towerdroop, suspendclod, lumptomb, moundtwo-mat area, approx. thirty-six sq ftsquare jewel, cornerwithstand, endurefence, wallpit, holedegenerate, descend tohigh, farmodel, moldingground-breaking, open up farmland
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