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底 — 8 strokes / Radical「广」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 8 strokes / Radical「广」
On
テイてい · tei
Kun
そこsoko
Meaning
bottom, base

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phono-semantic character: 广 (building) plus 氐 (low) as the sound part; the lowest part, hence 'bottom'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテイていtei底流ていりゅう海底かいてい到底とうてい
Kunそこsoko底そこ奥底おくそこ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 海底かいてい

    seabed

  • 底辺ていへん

    base (of a figure)

More words with this kanji

  • 到底とうてい
  • 徹底てってい
  • 根底こんてい
  • 足底そくてい
  • 川底かわぞこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

海(うみ)の底(そこ)には魚(さかな)がいる。

There are fish at the bottom of the sea.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

海底底辺底海sea辺area府govern…康peace広wide庁govern…庄manor低low丁block叮courte…汀water’…疔a deep…
CompoundRadicalReading

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