風土
ふうど · fuudo · JLPT N1 · noun
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🌍 風 wind + 土 earth = the wind and soil of a place: its climate and terrain
The same pair appears in 風土記 (fudoki), ancient gazetteers describing a region's land, products and customs.
土 — pictograph of a mound of earth on the ground
土 is a pictograph showing a lump or mound of soil resting on the ground line. In oracle bone script it depicted an earthen heap, sometimes interpreted as an altar to the earth god. The meaning has remained stable: earth, soil, or ground.