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.