基
counter for machines, foundation, fundamentals, radical (chem)
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:5
Strokes:11
JLPT:1
Frequency:241
Vocabulary
キ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塩基 | エンキ | base |
| 基幹 | キカン | mainstay; nucleus; key |
| 基金 | キキン | fund; foundation |
| 基礎 | キソ | foundation; basis |
| 基地 | キチ | base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic; nut; freak |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基督 | キリスト | Christ |
| 基督教 | キリストきょう | Christianity |
| 基 | 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) |
| 基づく | もとづく | to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from); to originate (in) |
| 海外経済協力基金 | かいがいけいざいきょうりょくききん | Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
墓
grave, tomb
Grade 5JLPT 1
碁
Go
Grade 8JLPT 1
軽
lightly, trifling, unimportant
Grade 3JLPT 2
甚
exceedingly, great, tremendously, very
Grade 8JLPT 1
茎
stalk, stem
Grade 8JLPT 1
勘
check, compare, intuition, perception, sixth sense
Grade 8JLPT 1
幹
capability, main part, talent, tree trunk
Grade 5JLPT 1
幕
act of play, bunting, curtain
Grade 6JLPT 1
塁
base(ball), bases, fort, rampart, walls
Grade 8JLPT 1
募
campaign, enlist, gather (contributions), grow violent, recruit
Grade 8JLPT 2