tsuchi
earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud
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  1. tsuchi earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
  2. do earth, dirt, soil; land, lands, ground; earth (third of the five elements)
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Soil, Earth, Ground, Turkey
On: ど,と Kun: つち
3 strokes N5
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