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Meaning

soil; earth

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “rang” becomes a different word in each tone. 壤 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 土壤tǔ rǎngsoil
  • 月壤yuè rǎnglunar soil
  • 接壤jiē rǎngto border on
  • 壤土rǎng tǔ(agriculture) loam; (literary) land; territory
  • 黄壤huáng rǎngyellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions); (literary) yellow earth; loess; (literary) the underworld

Example Sentence

肥沃的土壤适合种植各种庄稼。Féi wò de tǔ rǎng shì hé zhòng zhí gè zhǒng zhuāng jia.Fertile soil is suitable for growing all kinds of crops.

肥沃Féi wòfertiledeof土壤tǔ rǎngsoil适合shì héto fit种植zhòng zhíto plant各种gè zhǒngevery kind of庄稼zhuāng jiafarm crop