地 ground

Also: earth

On'yomi: チ、ジ
Strokes: 6
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5
6

地 is written in 6 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Pile up earth (土) and add the snaking 也 like a river winding across it — you get the ground stretching out as far as you can see.

A common word

地図ちず map

Example sentences

この地図を見てください。
このちずをみてください。
Please look at this map.
地下鉄で会社に行きます。
ちかてつでかいしゃにいきます。
I go to work by subway.

Kanji that share a part

土 is its radical. 62 kanji share it in all.

也 is a component.

池 pond
他 other N3
施 carry out N2
馳 gallop N1