漢字 Kanji Codex

Kanji Detail

基

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

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

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:11

JLPT:1

Frequency:241

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

lightly, trifling, unimportant

exceedingly, great, tremendously, very

check, compare, intuition, perception, sixth sense

capability, main part, talent, tree trunk

act of play, bunting, curtain

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

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