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Dirt


Radical Combination


Meaning

Dirt, Earth, Ground

Mnemonic

The dirt radical and the dirt kanji are the same!

As long as you know the radical dirt, you know the kanji dirt.


Reading

On'yomi

ど, と

Kun'yomi

つち

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Who spends a lot of time in dirt? Dogs (ど) do! Dogs dig in dirt, they roll in dirt, sometimes they try to eat dirt (which isn't so great).

Dogs and dirt just go together!


Visually Similar Kanji


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