底 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「广」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「广」
- On
- テイ
- Kun
- そこ
- Meaning
- bottom, base
Origin
A phono-semantic character: 广 (building) plus 氐 (low) as the sound part; the lowest part, hence 'bottom'.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| テイ | 底流・海底・到底 |
|---|---|
| そこ | 底・奥底 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 海底かいてい
seabed
- 底辺ていへん
base (of a figure)
Example
海の底には魚がいる。
There are fish at the bottom of the sea.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)