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53 壌 Soil

Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Soil

Alternative

Earth

Mnemonic

A dirt nurse is someone who nurses dirt. When nursed, dirt becomes soil.

Readings

On’yomi

じょう

Kun’yomi

つち

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Soil is a thing Jourm (じょう) the huge farmhand works on improving. If he makes the soil better, the farm will yield more crops.

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