壤
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) soil; earth
- 2.(literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tiān])
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Wiktionary
- 1.soil
- 2.land; ground
- 3.earth (as opposed to heaven)
- 4.region; area
- 5.wooden stick used in an ancient game
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *njaŋʔ): semantic 土 (“earth, dirt”) + phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ).
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
土壤 soil壤土 (agriculture) loam接壤 to border on月壤 lunar soil壤塘 see 壤塘县[Rǎng táng Xiàn]平壤 Pyongyang, capital of North Korea熙壤 variant of 熙攘[xī rǎng]黄壤 yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions)沃壤 fertile soil土壤学 pedology (soil study)平壤市 Pyongyang, capital of North Korea壤塘县 Zamthang, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州[Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan