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礎

礎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いしずえ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「石」 + 音符「楚」。「いしずえ」を意味する漢語｛礎｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cornerstone, foundation stone

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソJHS
Kun (native)
  • いしずえHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • もと
Other languages
  • 拼音chu3
  • 한글cho
  • Hán-ViệtSở

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+790E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石楚

Words using this kanji

  • 礎いしずえ（いしずえ）建造物のになる部分に組み込まれる石。foundation stone, cornerstone
  • 礎石そせき建造物の基礎となる石。 物事の基礎、土台となるもの。foundation stone, cornerstone
  • 礎材そざいfoundation materials
  • 礎を築くいしずえをきずくto lay the foundation (for)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(47 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-13
Four Corner
1468.1
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5a13.2
Heisig
421
Nelson
3222