圭 guī jade tablet

Made up of [土 tǔ earth; soil radical 32]
Used as component 圭 in :街 jiē ; 封 fēng
Made with 6 strokes.

A jade tablet or baton is represented as two piles of earth perhaps linked to association with jade artefacts that represented land ownership

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Also uses 土 tǔ component: 场 cháng (threshing floor) 城 chéng (city) ; 地 dì (earth) ; 黑 hēi (black) ; 疆 jiāng (border) ; 块 kuài (piece) ; 里 lǐ (inside) ; 陵 líng (mound) ; 去 qù (go) ; 丧 sàng (to lose) ; 圣 shèng (holy) ; 寺 sì (Buddhist temple) ; 在 zài (exist) ; 至 zhì (to arrive) ; 周 zhōu (circuit) ; 走 zǒu (walk) ; 座 zuò (seat) ; 坐 zuò (sit)

Sounds same

归 guī (to return) ; 龟 guī (tortoise)

Different tone

鬼 guǐ (ghost) ; 贵 guì (precious)

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