BloomkoJLPT N5 · Nature
土
つち
soil; earth
Stroke order of 土
土 is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
Memory trick
A sprout (十) poking up from the ground line (一): soil.
Parts: 十 sprout-like cross + 一 ground line (pictograph of a mound of earth)
Example sentence
この土はとても黒いです。
このつちはとてもくろいです。
This soil is very black.