壤 Stroke Order

壤 [rǎng] 名词 1. 松软的土，可耕之地。 [En.] Loose soil; arable land. 2. 地，与“天”相对。 [En.] Ground; in contrast to "sky". 3. 地区，区域。 [En.] Region; area. 4. 古同“攘”，纷乱。 [En.] In ancient times, the same as "攘", meaning chaos or turmoil. 5. 古同“穰”，五谷丰收。 [En.] In ancient times, the same as "穰", meaning bumper harvest. 引： 1. 《说文》：壤，柔土也。 [En.] "Shuo Wen": "壤" refers to soft soil. 2. 《九章算法》：凡穿地四尺，为壤五尺，为坚三尺。按，息土曰壤，筑土曰坚。 [En.] "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art": To dig four feet into the ground is "壤" for five feet and "坚" for three feet. Here, "息土" is called "壤", and "筑土" is called "坚". 3. 《书·禹贡》：厥土惟白壤。 [En.] "Book of Documents": "Their land is purely white soil." 4. 《论衡·率性》：深耕细锄，厚加粪壤。 [En.] "Lunheng": Deep tilling and careful hoeing, add plenty of manure to the soil. 例： 又如: 壤坟 (the soft, fertile land suitable for farming); 壤芥 (soil and small grass); 沃壤 (fertile soil). 动词 1. 毗连;连接。 [En.] To join; to connect. 2. 凿地出土。 [En.] To dig up the earth. 引： 1. 《史记》：且夫韩、魏之所以重畏秦者，为与秦接境壤界也。 [En.] "Records of the Grand Historian": The reason why Han and Wei so heavily fear Qin is because they border the realm of Qin. 2. 《谷梁传》：其日有食之何也? 吐者外壤，食者内壤，阙然不见其壤，有食之者也。 [En.] "Guliang Zhuan": Why is there so much food on that day? The one spitting out is outside the soil, the one eating is within the soil; it is hidden and unseen, yet there is still food available.