礎 – cornerstone, foundation stone

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The kanji 礎 means cornerstone, foundation stone. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ (so); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いしずえ (ishizue). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 石 (no. 112).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
Kun’yomi	いしずえ	ishizue

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: 石 (Kangxi radical 112). Components: 口・石・疋・木.

Words using 礎

基礎きそfoundation

Example sentences

その考えが彼の理論の基礎となっている。

The idea underlies his theory.

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Kanji with the same radical

確研石破硬砂砲砕磨碁磁碑碗

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