one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
    
| 冉冉RS | 冄 | tender, weak, proceed gradually  | - a weak plant standing in the soil 土 must be covered or it dies 冂
  - abbr. 冄
 
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| 塩塩RS |  | salt | - stuff under ground 土 gathered by people 𠂉 used on a plate 皿 in a dish to be eaten by mouth 口
 
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| 填填RS | 塡 | fill in, fill up, make good | - use real 真/眞 ground 土 to fill up depressions in a garden to make it good again
 
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鹽鹽RS 盐盐 |  | salt | - a bag of salt 鹵 on a plate 皿 
  delivered by a subject 𠂉 to the landlord 臣/stuff under ground 土 gathered by people 亻 used on a plate 皿 in a dish 
  | 塩 監 鹼 | 
| 肚肚RS |  | belly, abdomen, bowels | - part of the body 月 that contains stuff (faeces) that is later dropped on the ground 土
 
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| 垂垂RS | 𡍮𠄒𠂹𠣔 | let down, suspend, hand, down  | - hanging branches 𠂹 of a tree standing in the ground 土: 
  → 𡍮 → 垂 
  | 懸 掛 下; 郵 錘 唾 睡; al.  : 華
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| 坊坊RS |  | community, neighbourhood, workshop of a trade, boy, priest | - square 方 place 土 where the apprentice (boy) studies
 
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| 庄庄RS |  | village, hamlet, villa, manor, place of business | - RS. a place of business 广 with a dirt 土 floor
  - place with houses 广 having a dirt 土 floor
 
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| 壁壁RS |  | partition wall, walls of a house | - beheaded man 辟 on the ground 土: in front of the wall of the prison
 
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| 堆堆RS |  | heap, pile, crowd, pile up | - bird 隹 sitting on a heap of earth 土
 
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| 街街RS |  | street, road, thoroughfare | - places 土土 one can go 行 through 
 
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| 基基RS |  | foundation, base | - ground 土 on which the table 其 stands: foundation
 
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壘壘RS 垒垒 | 塁 | rampart, military wall, base | - dike between fields 畾 made of ground 土
  - ⓢ many individuals 厽 defending their ground 土 on a rampart
  - modf. 壘 → 塁
  - place 土 on the field 田 marked by a cross X
  - four places 土 on the field 田 marked by 丿 in baseball: base
 
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| 堂堂RS | 坣 | hall, government office  | - place 土 with decorated roof 龸 and windows 口
 
  |  廟 楼 館 院 殿 閣; 棟
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| 境境RS |  | boundary, frontier, area, region | - where the ground 土 of one country comes to an end 竟
 
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| 軽軽RS |  | light, easy, simple, gentle | - it's easy to plow 圣 with the aid of a tractor 車 instead of doing it only by hand 圣; moving 土 by cart 車 instead of by hand 又 is lighter
 
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| 坂坂RS |  | hillside, inconvenient places | - place 土 used to reverse 反 an attack
 
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| 埃埃RS | 㶼垁雉 | fine dust, dirt | - arrow 矣 falling in the ground 土: fine dust
 
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| 均均RS |  | equal, even, fair, all, also |  |  | 
聖聖RS 圣圣 |  | sage, holy, sacred, till the ground  | - RS. the person who speaks 呈 into the ear 耳: sage
  - ⓢ work with hands 又 on the fields 土: sacred work for the sage
 
  |  畝; 東; 線; 怪 軽 茎 径 経
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