Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
Kun:
そこ
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
867 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 底 【テイ】 base (logarithmic, exponential, number system), radix, base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.), type, kind, extent, degree
  • 底辺 【テイヘン】 base (of a polygon), bottom (of the social scale), lower levels, lower classes, base (e.g. of support), foundation, basis
  • 奥底 【オクソコ】 depths, deep place, bottom (of one's heart)
  • 水底 【スイテイ】 sea or river bottom

Kun reading compounds

  • 底 【そこ】 bottom, sole
  • 底入れ 【そこいれ】 bottoming out (of prices)
  • 水底 【すいてい】 sea or river bottom
  • 奥底 【おくそこ】 depths, deep place, bottom (of one's heart)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di3, de5
Korean:
ji, jeo

Spanish

  • fondo
  • suelo
  • parte más baja
  • base

Portuguese

  • único
  • fundo
  • profundidade
  • preço baixo
  • base
  • espécie
  • tipo

French

  • partie basse
  • fond
  • semelle
  • profondeur
  • prix plancher
  • base
  • sorte
475 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
576 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
549 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
791 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1508 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
590 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
508 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
992 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
562 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
571 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
745 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
585 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3827 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1961 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2656 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1850 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9262 Morohashi
3084 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1612 New Nelson (John Haig)
1833 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1975 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
510 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
556 2001 Kanji
3q5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
0024.2 Four corner code
1-36-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e95 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1049 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 堅 【ケン】 strength, solidity, firmness, armour, armor
  • 堅持 【ケンジ】 holding on to, sticking to
  • 中堅 【チュウケン】 nucleus, backbone, mainstay, key figure, medium-level, mid-level, middle-ranking, midsize, main body (of troops), crack troops, select troops, center field, centre field, center fielder, centre fielder, athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.)
  • 米利堅 【メリケン】 America, American, fist

Kun reading compounds

  • 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
  • 堅い商売 【かたいしょうばい】 sound business

Readings

Japanese names:
きん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • duro
  • sólido
  • firme
  • apretado
  • estricto

Portuguese

  • de confiança
  • apertado
  • duro
  • sólido
  • firme
  • estrito

French

  • tenace
  • dur
  • strict
  • solide
  • ferme
  • fiable
1217 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
914 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1096 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
995 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1155 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1289 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1228 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
356 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1805 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
861 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5210 Morohashi
2823 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038 New Nelson (John Haig)
853 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
917 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1513 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3472 2001 Kanji
3b9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-3 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
7710.4 Four corner code
1-23-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5805 Unicode hex code