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土 — stroke order

tǔ
ㄊㄨˇ
Meaning
soil
Strokes
3
Radical
土
Practise 土 in the full tool →

Watch how to write 土 (tǔ) stroke by stroke. 土 has 3 strokes and means “soil”. It appears in common words such as 土豆 (potato) and 土地 (land). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 土

The most common words that use 土 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

土豆tǔdòupotato土地tǔdìland本土běntǔone's native country土耳其tǔěrqíTurkey塵土chéntǔdust土豆泥tǔdòunímashed potato

How 土 is written

Radical
土
Components
十 + 一
Formation
Pictographic — A lump of clay on a potter's wheel.

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