Where the shape comes from
A heap of earth standing on the ground: the lower horizontal is the ground line, and the short vertical with the bar above it is the mound piled on it — in the oldest reading, an altar of banked soil. It marks ground, building and place: 地, 在, 坐, 场, 城, 块.
汉字 filed under 土
- 在zài (fourth tone, falling)to be at, to be in, to exist, to be present; at, in, on (before a place); (before a verb) the progressive marker6
- 坐zuò (fourth tone, falling)to sit, to be seated; to travel by (a vehicle); (of a building) to face a direction7
- 城chéng (second tone, rising)a city wall; a walled city; a city, a town9