Kanji: 地

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	土 Radical name: つち
Meaning:	Ground, earth
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 40 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	地下鉄(ちかてつ)	underground train
N5	地図(ちず)	map
N4	地震(じしん)	earthquake
N4	地理(ちり)	geography
N3	生地(きじ)	birthplace
N3	地(ち)	earth
N3	地位(ちい)	(social) position, status
N3	地域(ちいき)	area, region
N3	地下(ちか)	basement, underground
N3	地球(ちきゅう)	the earth
N3	地区(ちく)	district, section, sector
N3	地平線(ちへいせん)	horizon
N3	地方(ちほう)	area, locality, district, region, the coast
N3	土地(とち)	plot of land, lot, soil
N2	意地悪(いじわる)	malicious, ill-tempered, unkind
N2	各地(かくち)	every place, various places
N2	基地(きち)	base
N2	耕地(こうち)	arable land
N2	産地(さんち)	producing area
N2	敷地(しきち)	site
N2	地盤(じばん)	(the) ground
N2	地味(じみ)	plain, simple
N2	団地(だんち)	multi-unit apartments
N2	地下水(ちかすい)	underground water
N2	地質(ちしつ)	geological features
N2	地帯(ちたい)	area, zone
N2	地点(ちてん)	site, point on a map
N2	地名(ちめい)	place name
N2	番地(ばんち)	house number, address
N2	盆地(ぼんち)	basin (e.g. between mountains)
N2	無地(むじ)	plain, unfigured
N2	遊園地(ゆうえんち)	amusement park
N1	天地(あめつち)	heaven and earth, the universe, nature, top and bottom, realm, sphere, world
N1	意地(いじ)	disposition, spirit, willpower, obstinacy, backbone, appetite
N1	位地(いち)	place, situation, position, location
N1	見地(けんち)	point of view
N1	現地(げんち)	actual place, local
N1	心地(ここち)	feeling, sensation, mood
N1	下地(したじ)	groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge of, grounding in, prearrangement, spade
N1	植民地(しょくみんち)	colony
N1	地方(じかた)	area, locality, district, region, the coast
N1	地形(じぎょう)	terrain, geographical features, topography
N1	地獄(じごく)	hell
N1	地主(じぬし)	landlord
N1	地元(じもと)	local
N1	農地(のうち)	agricultural land
N1	墓地(はかち)	cemetery, graveyard
N1	余地(よち)	place, room, margin, scope
N1	領地(りょうち)	territory, dominion