地

音読おんよみ: チ・ジ

訓読くんよみ: つち

画数かくすう: 6

部首ぶしゅ: つちへん(土)

Meaning

Ground / Land / Place

  • 地図ちず — map
  • 土地とち — land
  • 地方ちほう — region / area
  • 地下ちか — underground
  • 地元じもと — local / hometown
  • 地球ちきゅう — the Earth

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This kanji is built on the 土 radical, meaning earth or ground. 地 refers to physical land as well as locations, regions, and abstract “places” in social or conceptual contexts.

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