柢 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- テイ
- Kun
- ね
- Meaning
- a root
Origin
Tree 木 with 氐 as phonetic: the root spreading underground.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 根柢こんてい
the root; the very base
- 根底こんてい
the basis (usual writing)
Example
考えの根柢から問い直す。
We question the idea from its very root.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)