拠

foothold, based on, follow, therefore

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キョコ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よ.る

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:858

Vocabulary

キョ

Word	Reading	Meaning
急拠	キュウキョ	hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste; sudden; abrupt
拠点	キョテン	base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold; (strategic) position
根拠	コンキョ	basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority; base (of operations)
占拠	センキョ	occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
本拠	ホンキョ	stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters

コ

Word	Reading	Meaning
証拠	ショウコ	evidence; proof
証拠隠滅	ショウコインメツ	destruction of evidence
証拠金	ショウコキン	deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money; margin (payment); warrant money; cover
人的証拠	ジンテキショウコ	testimony of a witness
状況証拠	ジョウキョウショウコ	circumstantial evidence

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
拠る	よる	to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at
に拠る	による	by means of; due to; because of; according to
群雄割拠	ぐんゆうかっきょ	rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
確たる証拠	かくたるしょうこ	certain evidence; definite evidence
に拠れば	によれば	according to (someone)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

handle, entertain, thresh, strip

confront, resist, defy, oppose

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place

challenge, contend for, make love to

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite

choose, select, elect, prefer

extract, selection, summary, copy, spread thin