底 – bottom, sole, depth

8 strokesTaught in grade 4#867 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 底 means bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テイ (tei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is そこ (soko). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テイ	tei
Kun’yomi	そこ	soko

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 氏・广.

Words using 底

底そこbottom徹底てっていthoroughness根底こんていroot到底とうてい(cannot) possibly

Example sentences

靴の底がすり減ってしまった。

The soles of my shoes are worn.

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生産性はオートメーションの徹底によって向上する。

Production improves by becoming more automatic.

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この議論の根底には、問題としている規則が言語に存在するという仮説がある。

Basic to the argument is the assumption that the rules in question are present in the language.

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Kanji with the same radical

度府広店座廃康庁庭庫序床庶廊庇

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