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土 is earth, soil, ground or Terra.
Earth is one of the five elements that ancient Chinese believed all things were composed of. These elements are also part of the cycle of Chinese astrology. Every person has both an animal sign, and one of the five elements according to the date of their birth.
See Also: Five Elements | Chinese Zodiac
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Clay | 克雷 | kè léi / ke4 lei2 / ke lei / kelei | k`o lei / kolei / ko lei | |
Clay | クレイ | kurei | ||
Earth | 土 | tsuchi | tǔ / tu3 / tu | t`u / tu |