Memory phrase for the Kanji: 地


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Meaning

ground, land

Pronunciation

CHI, JI

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

The earth in a different shape becomes ground and land.

Radicals

earthground, soil
"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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