拠 – foothold, based on, follow

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#858 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 拠 means foothold, based on, follow, therefore. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョ、コ (kyo, ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.る (yoru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョ	kyo
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	よ.る	yoru

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: 几・夂・扎.

Words using 拠

根拠こんきょbasis証拠しょうこevidence

Example sentences

その噂は全く根拠がなかった。

The rumor was completely without foundation.

Tatoeba #213347

この証拠は彼にとって不利だった。

This evidence was against him.

Tatoeba #221114

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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