底

bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

テイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

そこ

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:8

JLPT:N2

Frequency:867

Vocabulary

テイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
海底	カイテイ	bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
根底	コンテイ	root; basis; foundation
到底	トウテイ	(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
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
底流	テイリュウ	undercurrent

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
海底	うなぞこ	bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
底	そこ	bottom; sole
底値	そこね	bottom price
底力	そこぢから	hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
徹底	てってい	thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

lower, short, humble

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

resist, reach, touch

squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

government office

garment, clothes, dressing

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

courtyard, garden, yard

vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare