noun

  1. Geology, etc. term.loess.
  2. yellow ochre, yellow ocher.
  3. Hades, hell, underworld, world of the dead. Archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
黄土 おうど
黄土 こうど

Contained Kanji Breakdown

yellow
き オウ コウ (2nd, N2)
twenty(廿) variant
wherefore, a reason
ユウ ユ ユイ (3rd, N3)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)