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基

JLPT N1 SL5 11 strokes Frequency: #241

Meanings

Fundamentals, Radical (chem), Counter For Machines, Foundation

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿱其土

Etymology

Pictophonetic: earth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キ ki

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もと moto

もとい motoi

Words Using This Kanji

398 words total

Other (20 words)

基幹きかん

mainstay

基礎研究きそけんきゅう

basic research

基地閉鎖きちへいさ

(military) base closing

fund

foundation works

basic tone

base

basic agreement

fundamental tone

foundation

base (military, expedition, etc.)

(circuit) board

basic concept

cornerstone

fundamental knowledge

datum point

basic concept

basic conditions

key currency

circuit board

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