据 – set, lay a foundation, install

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1468 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 据 means set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down, sit down. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョ (kyo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is す.える、す.わる (sueru, suwaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョ	kyo
Kun’yomi	す.える	sueru
Kun’yomi	す.わる	suwaru

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 口・十・尸・扎.

Words using 据

据えるすえるto place (in position)据え付けるすえつけるto install

Example sentences

中央には机が据えられていて、赤い革張りの回転椅子がそえてあった。

A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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