土 tǔ
noun | radical 32
: earth; dust; clay
: local; indigenous
: crude opium
: unsophisticated
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 ba1yin made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
Kun Reading
土 | つち tsuchi
noun
: earth; soil; dirt
: the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
: low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud)
: (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in On’youdou)
On Reading
土 | と to
土 | ど do
noun
: (Abbreviation) Saturday;
: earth (third of the five elements)
に ni
noun
: soil (esp. reddish soil)
金 jīn
noun | radical 167
: generic term for metals
: money
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 ba1yin made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
Kun Reading
かね kane
noun
: money; metal
こがね kogane
noun | no-adjective
: gold
On Reading
きん kin
noun | noun suffix
: gold; golden (color); metaphor for (most) valuable; gold (medal, cup)
: money (written before an amount)
: (Abbreviation) Friday
: metal (fourth of the five elements)
: Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE)
: (Abbreviation) gold general (shogi)
: (Abbreviation) (Colloquialism) testicles; () karat; carat
きん kon
noun
: gold; money
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木 mù
noun | radical 75
: tree; wood, lumber
: coffin
: simple; numb
: one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音 ba1yin made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)
Kun Reading
き ki
noun
: tree; wood; timber
On Reading
ぼく boku
noun
もく moku
noun
: (Abbreviation) Thursday;
: wood (first of the five elements)
水 shuǐ
noun | radical 85
: water
: river; liquid; beverage
: additional charges or income
: (of clothes) measure word for number of washes
Kun Reading
みず mizu
noun
: water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)
: fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
: flood; floodwaters
: water offered to sumo wrestlers just prior to a bout
: break granted to sumo wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
On Reading
すい sui
noun
: (Abbreviation) Wednesday;
: shaved ice (served with flavored syrup)
: water (fifth of the five elements)
月 yuè
noun | Radical 74
: moon; month
Kun Reading
つき tsuki
Adverbial noun, Temporal noun
: moon
: (Temporal noun) month
On Reading
がつ gatsu
Noun suffix
: month (of the year); used after number or question word (e.g. nan or nani)
げつ getsu
Noun
: Monday
日 rì
noun | measure word | radical 72
: sun; day; date
Kun Reading
ひ hi
Adverbial noun, Temporal noun
: day; days
: sun; sunshine; sunlight
: case (esp. unfortunate); event
か ka
Noun suffix
: day of month
: (Counter) counter for days
On Reading
にち nichi
Noun
: (Abbreviation) Sunday; (Suffix) day (of the month)
: () counter for days
じつ jitsu
