基

fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

もともとい

Nanori (名乗り)

きいとも

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

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

lightly, trifling, unimportant

tremendously, very, great, exceedingly

intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense

tree trunk, main part, talent, capability

curtain, bunting, act of play

bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)

recruit, campaign, gather (contributions), enlist, grow violent