漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
塁: bases, fort
Also: rampart, walls, base(ball)
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 畾(sound)
- 土earth(meaning)
土 carries the meaning · 畾 gives the sound
12 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ルイrui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 塁るいbase; bag; sack
- 三塁さんるいthird base
- 二塁にるいsecond base
- 満塁まんるいbases loaded
- 一塁いちるいfirst base
- 盗塁とうるいbase stealing; steal; stolen base
- 本塁ほんるいbase; stronghold; main fort
- 走塁そうるいbase running
Also read ライ, スイ, とりで, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ルイ
3 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ライ
6 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 垒 · traditional 壘 · lěi
Three different forms: Japanese 塁, simplified 垒, traditional 壘.
- Simplified
- 垒 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 壘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lěi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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