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基

11 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 ハ 土 甘
fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Kun:
もと、 もとい
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
241 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 基 【キ】 group, (free) radical, counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
  • 起因 【キイン】 to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin
  • 塩基 【エンキ】 base
  • 開基 【カイキ】 founding (of a temple or sect), founder, laying the foundation (for something), base (topology), basis

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source
  • 失敗は成功のもと 【しっぱいはせいこうのもと】 failure teaches success, failure is a stepping-stone to success
  • 生兵法は大怪我のもと 【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと】 a little learning is a dangerous thing
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source

Readings

Japanese names:
きい、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • fundamento
  • origen
  • base

Portuguese

  • fundamentais
  • radicais (Quim.)
  • comtador para máquinas
  • fundação

French

  • fondements
  • radical (chimie)
  • compteur de machines
  • fondations
755 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
670 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
641 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
382 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
688 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
435 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1493 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
450 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
457 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
691 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
354 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3312 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1783 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5197 Morohashi
2673 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 New Nelson (John Haig)
1767 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1904 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
726 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3b8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-20-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57fa Unicode hex code

礎

18 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
口 木 疋 石
cornerstone, foundation stone
Kun:
いしずえ
On:
ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 礎石 【ソセキ】 foundation stone, cornerstone
  • 定礎 【テイソ】 laying a cornerstone (foundation stone)
  • 柱礎 【チュウソ】 plinth

Kun reading compounds

  • 礎 【いしずえ】 foundation stone, cornerstone
  • 礎を築く 【いしずえをきずく】 to lay the foundation (for)

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • piedra angular
  • piedra base
  • fundamento

Portuguese

  • Pedra angular
  • pedra de fundação

French

  • première pierre
  • première angulaire
1512 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1268 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3222 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1701 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1576 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2730 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1515 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1616 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1412 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1595 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
401 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24522 Morohashi
1248 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4054 New Nelson (John Haig)
394 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
421 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1898 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3370 2001 Kanji
5a13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-13 SKIP code
1468.1 Four corner code
1-33-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
790e Unicode hex code

代

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 弋
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Kun:
か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
  • 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
  • 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
  • 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
  • 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
  • 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
  • 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
  • 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless

Kun reading compounds

  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
  • 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
  • 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
  • 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
  • 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
  • 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
  • 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
  • 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
  • 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
  • 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
  • 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
  • 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

Readings

Japanese names:
す
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • generación
  • reinado
  • sustituir
  • reemplazar
  • relevar

Portuguese

  • substituto
  • mudança
  • convertido
  • repor
  • período
  • idade
  • geração
  • carga
  • valor
  • taxa

French

  • substituer
  • changer
  • convertir
  • remplacer
  • période
  • âge
  • ère
  • génération
  • montant d'argent
  • taux
  • prix
  • redevance
463 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
358 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
338 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
68 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
364 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
85 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
111 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
125 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
256 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
256 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
413 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
61 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
34 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1014 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
386 Morohashi
30 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
125 New Nelson (John Haig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1080 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
87 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
257 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
2324.0 Four corner code
1-34-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ee3 Unicode hex code

謝

17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
寸 言 身
apologize, thank, refuse
Kun:
あやま.る
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1028 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 謝罪 【シャザイ】 apology
  • 謝意 【シャイ】 gratitude, thanks
  • 慰謝 【イシャ】 consolation
  • 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new

Kun reading compounds

  • 謝る 【あやまる】 to apologize, to apologise

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 ざ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • disculparse
  • agradecer
  • rehusar

Portuguese

  • pedir desculpas
  • agradecer
  • recusar

French

  • excuses
  • remerciements
  • refus
630 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
728 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
701 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1162 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4423 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
765 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1767 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
901 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
923 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
947 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1708 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2048 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1079 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1465 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1258 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35827 Morohashi
1620 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5687 New Nelson (John Haig)
1250 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
819 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0460.0 Four corner code
1-28-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b1d Unicode hex code