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壌 means 'plot (of land)'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2002   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-38    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 0 words   Used in 19 words   Used in 13 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジョウ
Additional readings
Kun    つち lot, earth, soil
Variants
壤  
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Japan is rich in agriculture now, but it once faced severe food shortages. Find out how people ingeniously transformed volcanic soil into arable farmland. Learn to talk about soil figuratively (as fertile ground for innovations) or literally, saying things like "Plants take in water from the soil" (Hint: There's a way to say "water" other than 水!) Also see what makes hydrangea flowers blue or red!
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⿰  土 ground; earth  㐮 six lots of clothes together  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 壌 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 壌 is used 19 times, read 1 way.
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ジョウ : 19 words FIND ALL
ど じ ょ う 0 ど じ ょ う 1
noun
1. soil
2. breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
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壌
ジョウ    a plot (of land)   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
㐮
six lots of clothes together   
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六
ロク   むっつ six   むつ    むい    む    
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
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