Memory phrase for the character: 地

地

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Meaning

ground, land

Pronunciation

 CHI, JI

Explanation

 Left: earth 土, right: a placeholder for a change 也 (image of a snake that molts [=shedding the skin])

Mnemonic
 
The earth in a different shape becomes ground and land.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
也 "in different shape"Shows a coiled creature, like a snake shedding its skin. It is used with the meaning: "in different shape"
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 Vocabulary

窮地 きゅうち  dilemma, predicament
地獄耳 じごくみみ  sharp ear, long ears​
借地 しゃくち  leased land
墓地 ぼち  cemetery, graveyard
地震 じしん  earthquake
地図 ちず  map
緑地 りょくち  green tract of land
地下鉄 ちかてつ  underground train, subway
地平線 ちへいせん  horizon (on land)

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