JLPT N3 · Earth & sky

大地

だいち

the earth; ground

Stroke order of 大地

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokes地 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

The big (大) ground (地) under our feet is the earth itself.

Parts: 大 big + 地 ground

Example sentence

大地がゆれて、みんな驚いた。

だいちがゆれて、みんなおどろいた。

The ground shook and everyone was surprised.

Words with 大

大きいbig 大人adult 大学生university student 大学university 大事important 大好きloved; very fond of 大嫌いhated 大丈夫all right; OK 大変tough; very 大使館embassy 大雨heavy rain 大雪heavy snow 大勢many people; crowd 大学院graduate school 大家landlord 大陸continent 大根daikon radish 大切important; precious

Words with 地

地下underground 地下鉄subway 地方region; the provinces 地理geography 地元hometown; local area 土地land; plot 地面ground 地位position; status 団地housing complex 地図map 地区district 地震earthquake 目的地destination 地域region; area 遊園地amusement park 地球the earth 意地悪mean; nasty 地味plain; sober

More words: Earth & sky

泥mud 土地land; plot 陸land (vs sea)地面ground 朝日morning sun 夕日setting sun 日光sunlight 影shadow 虹rainbow 霧fog 霜frost 夜空night sky

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