ground, earth
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
土曜日の夜、地震がありました。結構強い地震でした。
Doyoubi no yoru, jishin ga arimashita. Kekkou tsuyoi jishin deshita.
There was an earthquake Saturday night. It was pretty strong.
テレビには、もう地震の地図が映っていて、どこが一番強かったか見せていました。
Terebi ni wa, mou jishin no chizu ga utsutte ite, doko ga ichiban tsuyokatta ka misete imashita.
On TV, the earthquake map was already on screen, showing where it had been strongest.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0