基礎 (きそ) — foundation, basis
基礎
foundation
Frequency #829
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings.
no-adjective
Part of speech (JMdict: adj-no, n)
kiso
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
きそ[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- foundation
- basis