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礎 — 18 strokes / Radical「石」

道
3Junior high level / 18 strokes / Radical「石」
On
ソそ · so
Kun
いしずえishizue
Meaning
foundation stone

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

石 "stone" with 楚: the stone that bears a building — a foundation stone.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソそso礎石そせき基礎きそ定礎ていそ
Kunいしずえishizue礎いしずえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 基礎きそ

    foundation; basics

  • 礎石そせき

    cornerstone

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

基礎(きそ)をていねいに学(まな)ぶ。

I study the basics carefully.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

基礎礎石礎基founda…石stone硬hard碑monume…矻to toi…矼a step…砕smash阻thwart粗coarse措set as…疋counte…且moreov…
CompoundRadicalReading

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