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壤

rǎng
noun #54,521

Meanings

  1. 1 soil; earth
  2. 2 land; territory

Examples

HSK 5
他们的观点有天壤之别。
Tāmen de guāndiǎn yǒu tiānrǎngzhībié.
Their views are as far apart as heaven and earth.
HSK 6
庄稼在肥沃的土壤里长得好。
Zhuāngjia zài féiwò de tǔrǎng lǐ zhǎng de hǎo.
Crops grow well in fertile soil.

Tips

usage
壤 is loose, cultivable earth. The everyday word is 土壤 (soil). It also means 'the earth' opposite heaven in 天壤之别 (a world of difference).

Components

radical
土 tǔ
earth; soil
The earth radical 土 on the left pins down the meaning directly: 壤 is a kind of soil.
phonetic
襄 xiāng
to assist (old)
襄 is the large right element supplying the sound (drifted from xiāng to rǎng); it adds no meaning here and works as the phonetic part.

Stroke Order

壤 rǎng