Taxonomy of meanings for 壤:　　

  • loose agricultural soil> rǎng 壤SOIL
    • nmgenerically: earth; loose earth, soil broken by the plough;
    • accumulate soil to make mole mounds etc> rǎng 壤ACCUMULATE
      • clod of soil: rǎng 壤 CLOD
    • rǎng 壤TERRITORY
      • nterritory
      • game in which one tries to hit a target on the ground> rǎng 壤GAME
      • very large number, ten billion> rǎng 壤NUMBER
        • rǎngFERTILE
          • vibe fertile (of a region, a territory)CH

        Additional information about 壤

        說文解字: 【壤】，柔土也。从土、襄聲。 【如兩切】

          Criteria
        • SOIL

          1. The current general word for soil of any kind, including dirt, is tǔ 土.

          2. Rǎng 壤 refers to the kind of fertile soil that is useful for agriculture.

          3. Xī 隰 refers to low-lying wet ground

          4. Chì 斥 and lǔ 鹵 refers to saline ground.

          5. Qì 磧 refers to sandy ground.

          6. Kuài 塊 refers to a clod of earth.

          7. Yū 淤 refers to sludge in a river or in the sea. See MUD

        • SLIM

          1. The most current general word for skinniness is probably jí 瘠 / 膌 (ant. féi 肥 "fat").

          2. Qú 臞 (ant. rǎng 壤 [ 肉字旁 ]) refers to skinniness in humans.

          3. Léi 羸 refers to skinniness as a result of famine or of disease.

          4. Shòu 瘦 is rare in pre-Buddhist times, and refers generally to emaciation.

          Word relations
        • Contrast: (SOIL)土/SOIL The current general word for soil of any kind, including dirt, is tǔ 土.