漢字道KANJIDO

12 strokesRadical

2High school level12 strokesRadical
On
ルイ・ライ
Kun
とりで
Meaning
base (baseball); fort

Origin

ORIGIN

Earth (土) piled up: an earthen fort — also the "base" in baseball.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ルイ塁審・敵塁・土塁

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 満塁まんるい

    bases loaded

  • るい

    base

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

満塁のチャンスが来た。

The chance came with the bases loaded.

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