土

Meanings: ground, soil, earth On Readings: ド do, ト to Kun Readings: つち tsuchi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 土 Stroke Number: 3

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Common jukugo
粘土 - ねん　ど nen do - clay
土地 - と　ち to chi - ground, soil, area
土曜日 - ど　よう　び do you bi - Saturday
お土産 - お　みやげ omiyage - a souvenir, present from a trip for someone

Useful Examples
Japanese: 今日は土曜日です。
Romaji: kyou wa doyoubi desu.
English: Today is Saturday.

Japanese: その土地が売りに出された。
Romaji: sono tochi ga uri ni dasareta.
English: The land came into the market.

Japanese: 店はクリスマス前の土曜日なので混雑していた。
Romaji: mise wa kurisumasu mae no doyoubi na no de konzatsu shite ita.
English: The stores were alive with people the Saturday before Christmas.

Look alike kanji
士 One kanji has a longer mid-bar and 'ground' has a longer bottom bar.

Notes/Mnemonic
It's a cross in the ground

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.