rǎng
soil
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 襄 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 壤
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
soil | ||
Pyongyang, capital of North Korea | ||
opposite extremes | ||
to border on | ||
soil |
Sources