金
JLPT 5Joyo 1

kane, kana, KIN, KON
From top: cover, lid , earth/soil 土, two gold nuggets 丷
Covered in the ground is the gold.

	土
JLPT 5Joyo 1

tsuchi, DO, TO
A cross 十, earth, ground 一
A cross stands on the ground.

	寺
JLPT 3Joyo 2

tera, JI
Top: earth 土, bottom: skillful hand 寸
Made from earth and skillful hands build a temple.

	社
JLPT 5Joyo 2

yashiro, SHA
Left: to show, altar 示/礻 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on that is shown.), right: earth 土
Show me the earth/ground, where you want to build your company or shrine.

	場
JLPT 4Joyo 2

ba, JŌ
Left: earth 土, right: sunrise 旦 / 易 (Sun 日 over the horizon 一 with sun rays 勿)
The earth at the sunrise with warming rays: This is my place.

	地
JLPT 4Joyo 2

CHI, JI
Left: earth 土, right: a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])
The earth in a different shape becomes ground and land.

	屋
JLPT 4Joyo 3

ya, OKU
Outside: buttocks 尸 (in side view), below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to the ground 土: falling back)
His buttocks reaches the shop.

	去
JLPT 4Joyo 3

saru, KYO, KO
Top: earth 土, bottom: a nose ム (in side view)
When the nose is below the earth, it has gone away - it is finished.

	軽
JLPT 4Joyo 3

karui, KEI
Left: a vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)
Pulling a vehicle by hand over the flat earth (=aligned to the vertical) is easy.

	幸
JLPT 3Joyo 3

saiwai, shiawase, sachi, KŌ
From top: earth 土, var. of sheep 羊. Or: Earth 土, two drops 丷, mirrored earth 干
Between two earths is the happiness.

	坂
JLPT 3Joyo 3

saka, HAN
Left: earth 土, right: opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!)
The earth opposes to be a slope or hill. (It likes to distribute flatly.)

	塩
JLPT 3Joyo 4

shio, EN
Left: earth/soil 土, right: horizontal person , mouth 口, plate 皿
It comes from the ground and the lying person takes it into the mouth. On the plate is: salt.

	型
JLPT 3Joyo 4

kata, KEI
Top: punishment 刑 (who openly 开 uses a knife刂 is punished), below: earth 土
With an open knife and earth (=clay) a model is formed.

	達
JLPT 3Joyo 4

-tachi, TATSU
Left: movement 辶, right: variation of luck 幸 (earth 土 (=grazing lands 土) and sheep 羊)
For (new grazing) lands the sheep need to move, for: accomplishment. (Or: With a kind of luck and movements [=activity] you can accomplish.)

	堂
JLPT 4Joyo 4

DŌ
Top: furthermore/besides/respect 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with window 口 is furthermore also respected.), below: earth 土 BETTER: A reinforced roof 宀 with additional beams 丷 because of the size of a hall 口 on the ground 土
The reinforced roof for a hall on the ground: The hall!

	熱
JLPT 3Joyo 4

atsui, NETSU
Top left: earth 土, eight 八, earth 土, right: round 丸 (sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra stroke 丶 to become round.), bottom: fire 灬
Earth in eight layers around the fire: This will be a heat.

	陸
JLPT 3Joyo 4

RIKU
Left: hill 阝, right: 坴 (twice earth/land 土 and legs 儿)
A "hill" where you go from land to land is a continent.

	圧
JLPT 2Joyo 5

ATSU
Cliff 厂 and earth 土
A cliff with its earth causes a pressure.

	基
JLPT 2Joyo 5

motozuku, KI
Top: image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically in certain periods [thus used in period 期] to separate the grain from the husk; below: earth 土
The grain scoop has an earthen foundation.

	境
JLPT 2Joyo 5

sakai, KYŌ, KEI
Left: earth 土, right: to stand 立, sun 日 and legs 儿 (here as: to go)
The earth remains standing, while the sun continues to go: We are at the border.

	均
JLPT 2Joyo 5

hitoshii, KIN
Left: earth 土, right: ladle 勺 with a bit more 丶ノ in it
The earth in the ladle is average.

	経
JLPT 2Joyo 5

heru, tatsu, KEI, KYŌ
Left: thread 糸, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
(developed from the vertical warp threads at the loom) A thread with a vertical orientation stands for the longitude or the Sutra.

	在
JLPT 2Joyo 5

aru, ZAI
Outside: var. of talent 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented.), below: earth 土
The best talents on earth exist in the countryside.

	舎
JLPT 1Joyo 5

SHA
From top: roof earth/ground 土 and entrance 口
A roof above the ground with an entrance: that's an accommodation.

	増
JLPT 2Joyo 5

masu, fueru/yasu, ZŌ
Left: earth 土, right: formerly/before 曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)
On earth, compared to before, we have increased.

	墓
JLPT 1Joyo 5

haka, BO
Top: sunset, disappear 莫 (The sun 日 is setting between plants 艹,艹=大), bottom: earth 土 [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or ]
Sinking among plants into the earth: into the grave.

	報
JLPT 2Joyo 5

mukuiru, HŌ
Left: happiness 幸 (Between two 丷 earths 土/干 is the happiness.), right: bent person 卩, hand 又
About the happiness of the bent person with (only) one hand there is a report.

	域
JLPT 2Joyo 6

IKI
Left: earth 土, right: a certain 或 (halberd 戈, outline 口 of a field with marked border/division line 一)
Earth and fields were divided by halberds into regions and zones.

	街
JLPT 3Joyo 4

machi, GAI, KAI
Outside: to go 行, center: piled soil 圭 (= 2x earth 土)
I am walking on elevated earth: The road in my district.

	径
JLPT 3Joyo 4

KEI
Left: to go 彳, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
Go (at a wheel) with your hand from the ground vertically upwards to measure the: diameter.

	座
JLPT 2Joyo 6

suwaru, ZA
From top: building 广, 坐 (=2 persons 人人, earth/ground 土)
In the building, two persons use the ground for sitting.

	至
JLPT 1Joyo 6

itaru/ri, SHI
Top: arrow with sth. attached, below: earth 土
An arrow (falling back) to the ground has reached it.

	城
JLPT 2Joyo 6

shiro, JŌ
Left: earth/ground 土, right: achieve/become 成 (In the direction 方 of the halberds 戈 we will achieve.)
(When earth/ground is piled up to a wall:) Out of this ground we will achieve/make: a castle.

	垂
JLPT 1Joyo 6

tareru/rasu, SUI

A vehicle 車 with a loose wheel that hangs down (and almost drops off.)

	陛
JLPT 1Joyo 6

HEI
Left: hill 阝, right: compare 比 (Two sitting persons 匕, who are compared) and: earth 土
Like a hill compared to the earth is his highness on the throne.

	握
JLPT 1Joyo 7

nigiru, AKU
Left: hand 扌, right: building, shop 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸 and: reach-a-target 至 [From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back])
The hand is in the shop to grasp. (the goods). OR: When the hand reached the buttocks, it grasped.

	煙
JLPT 2Joyo 7

kemuri, kemui/tai, EN
Left: fire 火, right: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon 一 of the sun 日 in the west), earth 土
(Westerly winds are commonly frequent.) A fire from the west of the earth brings us the: smoke.

	塊
JLPT 1Joyo 7

katamari, KAI
Left: earth 土, right: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)
The earth is for the devil just a lump.

	壊
JLPT 1Joyo 7

kowareru/su, KAI
Left: earth 土, right: ten 十, eye 罒, clothes 衣
Earth in ten eyes and on the clothes: A lot was demolished.

	垣
JLPT 1Joyo 7

kaki,
Left: earth 土, right: range, extent 亘 (= from sunrise 旦 [= the sun 日 above the horizon 一] to sunset [= under the horizon])
The earth is divided into ranges/extents by barriers =fences.

	堪
JLPT 1Joyo 7

taeru, tamaru, KAN, TAN
Left: earth 土, right: extreme, excessive 甚 (= sweets 甘 [= mouth with sth. in] and 'equals' 匹 [= box with two identical bales] are extraordinary.)
The earth has extreme endurance.

	堅
JLPT 1Joyo 7

katai, KEN
Top: retainer 臣 and hand 又, below: earth/ground 土
A retainer has to work by hand in the earth, when it is firm and hard.

	坑
JLPT 1Joyo 7

KŌ
Left: earth 土, right: "sailor" 亢 (The sailor as used in navigation 航, a big person with a broad neck)
With earth works the person with a broad neck: in a mine.

	墾
JLPT 1Joyo 7

KON
Left: var. of wild animal 犭, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good'), earth 土
Wild animals with horns are not good on a ground that shall be cultivated.

	執
JLPT 1Joyo 7

toru, SHITSU, SHŪ
Left: happiness 幸 (Between two 丷 earths 土/干 is the happiness), right: round 丸 (Sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra stroke 丶 to become round.)
(It slips out of our hands too easily:) As happiness is round, you have to grasp it tenaciously.

	塾
JLPT 1Joyo 7

JUKU
Top left: receive, pleased 享 (the tall 高 child 子 has received and is pleased), round 丸 (sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra accent 丶 to become round.), below: earth 土
Big children around the earth need the cram school.

	粧
JLPT 1Joyo 7

SHŌ
Left: rice 米, right: [cottage] 庄 (building 广 and earth/ground 土)
If the rice is in the building all over the floor, it has a nice make-up.

	壌
JLPT 1Joyo 7

JŌ
Left: earth, soil 土, right: (six 六, well 井, clothes 衣)
This soil from the six wells sticks at your clothes: clay-soil.

	塑
JLPT 1Joyo 7

SO
Top: new moon [さく] (= 1. day of lunar month) 朔 (disobedient or reverse 屰 [chinese only], var. of reverse/opposite 逆 [out 丷 to the 一 mountain 山 and downwards ノ movements are reversed] & moon 月, bottom: earth 土
For forming a counterpart of the moon you can use earth/clay and modelize it

	堕
JLPT 1Joyo 7

DA
Left: hill 阝, right: be/have/exist 有 (I have a hand and a body 月, thus: I'm existing!), below: earth 土
A hill that exists but turns into (flat) earth/ground, is: degenerating.

	壇
JLPT 1Joyo 7

DAN, TAN
Left: earth 土, right: var. of high 高 (image of a watch tower) and: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一)
On the ground, where you rotate 回 (= dance) under a cover 亠 and with a staircase 旦 is the stage.

	墜
JLPT 1Joyo 7

TSUI
Top: unit/party/corps 隊 (Out of 丷 the hills 阝like pigs 豕 rushes the troops.), below: earth 土
The unit/corps is on the ground: It has fallen / crashed.

	塚
JLPT 1Joyo 7

tsuka, CHŌ
Left: earth 土, right: cover 冖, pig 豕 (cf. corpse 骸)
Earth covers the pig and forms its tumulus.

	坪
JLPT -Joyo 7

tsubo, HEI
Left: earth/ground 土, right: flat/plain 平 (image of a scales /balance)
The ground has to be flat to measure one Tsubo.

	堤
JLPT 1Joyo 7

tsutsumi, TEI
Left: earth 土, right: correct 是 (sun 日, vari. of correct 正)
Earth is the correct (material) for a dike.

	吐
JLPT 1Joyo 7

haku, TO
Left: mouth 口, right: earth/ground 土
From his mouth and onto the ground he disgorged the vomit.

	塗
JLPT 2Joyo 7

nuru, TO
Top: 涂 (water 氵, in excess, remain 余 (A heap is still on an altar 示 [= to show], thus in excess.), bottom: earth/ground 土
The water remains on the ground look like a painting.

	塔
JLPT 2Joyo 7

TŌ
Left: earth 土, right: plant 艹 and: to fit 合 (lid fits on pot 口)
(fiber-reinforced composite FRC) Earth must be reinforced with plant fiber in a fitting way, when you build a pagoda.

	培
JLPT 1Joyo 7

tsuchikau, BAI
Left: earth 土, right: to spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit)
On the earth it was spit and then they started cultivating.

	墳
JLPT 1Joyo 7

FUN
Left: earth 土, right: 卉 (ten 十, plant 艹), shell/money 貝
Earth, ten plants and money are needed for: a burial mound.

	塀
JLPT 1Joyo 7

HEI
Left: earth 土, right: to unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a the gate 开 (= image of a toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united)
Made of earth to unite the buttocks within: The wall or the fence.

	壁
JLPT 2Joyo 7

kabe, HEKI
Top: anal penetration/torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 with needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), below: earth/ground 土
Anal penetration on the ground behind a wall.

	坊
JLPT 2Joyo 7

BŌ
Left: earth 土, right: side, direction 方
(When begging:) On the earth sits at a side: a boy (or a monk).

	墨
JLPT 1Joyo 7

sumi, BOKU
Top: black 黒 (The underside 土 of the pot 里 on the fire 灬 is black.), bottom: earth 土
Black earth is used for ink.

	堀
JLPT 1Joyo 7

hori, KUTSU
Left: earth 土, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping. = "plumber's crack or smile")
It is in the ground and you need to crouch into: a moat or ditch.

	埋
JLPT 2Joyo 7

u[zu],maru/meru/moreru, MAI
Left: earth/ground 土, right: village 里 (Both fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village.)
In the ground next to the village we will be buried.

	塁
JLPT 1Joyo 7

RUI
From top: field 田; four-fold; earth 土
The field is four-fold [= to all sides] piled up with earth and becomes: a fortification.

	毀
JLPT -Joyo 7

KI
Left: mortar 臼 (cf. pressing hands/press [cf: 緑, 興), earth 土, right: weapon 几 (battle axe) in hand 又.
Within a mortar made of earth or with a battle axe in your hand you can: destroy.

	傲
JLPT -Joyo 7

GŌ
Left: person 人, center top: earth 土, below + right: release, let go 放 (In his side 方 he was hit 攵 to release.)
(No respect for the environment of our planet) When persons of this earth are released, they act with pride and haughtiness.

	塞
JLPT -Joyo 7

fusagu, fusagaru, SAI, SOKU
From top: roof 宀, a well 井, var. of six 六, earth 土
Despite the roof, the well was already six-times filled with earth and thus obstructed.

	埼
JLPT -Joyo 7

sai,
Left: earth 土, right: strange/unusual 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility 可, but it looks strange)
(Maybe, there is a beautiful beach?) The earth has great possibilities beyond the cape (promontory).

	堆
JLPT -Joyo 7

TAI
Left: earth 土, right: bird 隹
(Birds prefer elevated spots:) On this earth birds are sitting: On sth. piled up.

	塡
JLPT -Joyo 7

hamaru, hameru, TEN
Left: earth 土, right: sitting person 匕, var. of prefecture 県 (The eye 目 sees in the corner ∟ (of a map) a small 小 prefecture)
As for the earth, there is a person from the prefecture who will fill it up.

	睦
JLPT -Joyo 7

BOKU
Left: eye 目, right: 坴 (walking with legs 儿 from land 土 to 土 [= part of continent 陸])
The view on all that land is friendly and harmonious.