EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    last moment; eleventh hour

    Idiomatic expression

    これは彼の土壇場だ。
    This is his eleventh hour.
  2. platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

    orig. meaning

Also written どたん場【どたんば】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

soil, earth, ground, Turkey

Kun
つち
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
307 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

つくひじ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
3b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4010.0Four corner code
1472deroo
571fUnicode hex code
1-37-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1050Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
966New Nelson (John Haig)
3403New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4211Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2127Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2875Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
150Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
161Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
316A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
42Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
19Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4867Morohashi
60A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17sakade
37Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
19henshall3
22Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
360crowley
22Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
347Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
152Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tu3Pinyin reading
to, duKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

podium, stage, rostrum, terrace

On
ダンタン
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1512 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-13SKIP code
3b13.5The Kanji Dictionary
4011.6Four corner code
1472deroo
58c7Unicode hex code
1-35-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1146Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1101New Nelson (John Haig)
754New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
932Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
522Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
682Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
587Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
631Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1384A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2438Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1711Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5528Morohashi
1571A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1839Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1990Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1170Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1825Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1440Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
392Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
594Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tan2Pinyin reading
danKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

location, place

Kun
On
ジョウチョウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
52 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3b9.6The Kanji Dictionary
4612.7Four corner code
1451deroo
5834Unicode hex code
1-30-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1113Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1058New Nelson (John Haig)
558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
678Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
408Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
512Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
545Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
584Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
34A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
250Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5278Morohashi
144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
154Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252sakade
145Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
161henshall3
216Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
49crowley
335Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
380Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
551Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chang2, chang3Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level