土 Stroke Order

How to write (soil, earth, ground, Turkey) - a JLPT N5 kanji written in 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then follow the numbered steps below.

土 · 3 strokes
Meaningsoil, earth, ground, Turkey
On'yomiド、ト
Kun'yomiつち
JLPT levelN5
Strokes3

土 stroke by stroke

Earlier strokes are gray; the numbered stroke is the one to draw. Kanji generally go top to bottom, left to right.

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Stroke 1
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Stroke 2
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Stroke 3
Trace 土 with your finger - the app checks every stroke as you write.

Practice writing 土

Trace the model character at the start of each row, then use the blank rows to write 土 from memory - to get the steps and practice grid on paper.

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Stroke data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Readings: KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).