地 (de) · adverb particle (-ly)

地 (de) means “adverb particle (-ly)”. It is made of 土 + 也 and has 6 strokes, and is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 地 into its parts

What 地 is made of

• 土 tǔ — earth
  • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 也 yě — also
  • 乚 — hook stroke

Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 也 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

地 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 地

• 地点dìdiǎnlocation
• 地方dìfangplace
• 地上dìshangon the ground
• 地图dìtúmap
• 草地cǎodìlawn
• 地球dìqiúthe earth
• 地铁dìtiěsubway
• 地铁站dìtiězhànsubway station
• 外地wàidìanother part of the country
• 当地dāngdìlocal
• 地区dìqūregion
• 各地gèdìall over
• 地方dìfangplace
• 地面dìmiànground
• 地位dìwèiposition
• 地下dìxiàunderground
• 地址dìzhǐaddress
• 陆地lùdìland
• 土地tǔdìland
• 地道dìdaoauthentic
• 地理dìlǐgeography
• 地毯dìtǎncarpet
• 地震dìzhènearthquake
• 地步dìbùextent
• 地势dìshìterrain
• 地质dìzhìgeology
• 耕地gēngdìfarmland
• 基地jīdìbase
• 盆地péndìbasin (geography)
• 阵地zhèndìposition (military)
• 殖民地zhímíndìcolony
• 目的地mùdìdìdestination

Also built with 土

• 去qùto go
• 吐tǔto spit
• 圣shèngholy
• 在zàiat
• 场chǎngplace
• 圾jīgarbage
• 址zhǐlocation
• 均jūnequal
• 坏huàibad
• 坐zuòto sit
• 坑kēngpit
• 块kuàiyuan (money)

Quick facts

Questions about 地