壤(rǎng)

HSK 7-920 strokes

(bound form) soil

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Character information

Pinyin
rǎng
Meaning
(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])
Strokes
20
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 壤 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰土襄

In this compound, the meaning comes from 土 (earth); 襄 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

土tǔ襄xiāng

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 壤 step by step

20 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 壤

Common words using 壤 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tǔ土rǎng壤
HSK 7-9

soil

Open 土壤 page →
rǎng壤tǔ土

(agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory

Open 壤土 page →
rǎng壤táng塘

see 壤塘县

Open 壤塘 page →
tiān天rǎng壤zhī之bié别

(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom)

Open 天壤之别 page →
píng平rǎng壤

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

Open 平壤 page →
píng平rǎng壤shì市

Pyongyang, capital of North Korea

Open 平壤市 page →
jiē接rǎng壤

to border on

Open 接壤 page →
yuè月rǎng壤

lunar soil

Open 月壤 page →

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From 壤’s common words

土塘天之别平市接

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