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钍

tǔ

Character Traditional 釷

What 钍 means

1. thorium (chemistry)

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 域yùfield; region; area
• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 墅shùvilla
• 埔bùused in place names
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum

Characters that look like 钍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 钦qīnto respect; to admire; to venerate
• 钛tàititanium (chemistry)
• 牡mǔ(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 钒fánvanadium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read tǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 土earth; dust; clay
• 吐to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say
• 𬶂used in 𩵚魠魚