Amazing Chinese Characters (223) Soil - 土

The shell bone script of character Soil is

A big soil clod is on the horizon.

The big seal script of the character is

The big soil clod became to a vertical line with a big dot in the middle, which is a pointer to emphasize the soil above the horizon.

The small seal script of the character is

The dot became a horizontal line.

The clerical script is

The song typeface is

Its Pinyin is Tu3.

土 is one of the Five Elements, a famous Chinese traditional philosophy which explains the universe natural phenomena by the relationship of Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Soil.