基 — fundamentals, radical, counter for machines

もと基 fundamentals

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+57FA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #241 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1904 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fundamentals
radical
counter for machines
foundation

word

もと moto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

基(もと) moto base 基(もと) づく motozuku to be based on 基(もと) く motozuku to be based on

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

基(き) 本(ほん) kihon foundation 基(き) 準(じゅん) kijun standard 基(き) 地(ち) kichi base 基(き) 金(きん) kikin fund 基(き) 調(ちょう) kichou keynote 基(き) 幹(かん) kikan mainstay 基(き) 礎(そ) kiso foundation 基(き) 盤(ばん) kiban foundation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

其 that

つち土 earth #32

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#32 土 earth