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地 = 土 + 也

地 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ground”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 也 (est). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 554.

Keyword
ground
RTK frame
554
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チ, ジ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
земля
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
地 earth

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 也 est

How to find 地 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “est”. 地 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 地 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.