底 — bottom, sole, depth

そこ底 bottom

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+5E95 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #867 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1975 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

bottom
sole
depth
bottom price
base
kind
sort

word

そこ soko 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).

底(そこ) soko bottom 心(しん) 底(そこ) shinsoko from the bottom of one's heart

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

根(こん) 底(てい) kontei root 海(かい) 底(てい) kaitei sea floor 徹(てっ) 底(てい) tettei thoroughness 徹(てっ) 底(てい) 的(てき) tetteiteki thorough 到(とう) 底(てい) toutei absolutely

Appears in idioms

周知徹底四字熟語

circumference, know, penetrate, bottom

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

广 slanting roof

氐 root

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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.

#53 广 dotted cliff