漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
底: bottom, sole
Also: depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 广slant roof(meaning)
- 氐(sound)
广 carries the meaning · 氐 gives the sound
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 底流ていりゅうundercurrent
- 底辺ていへんbase, bottom
- 海底かいていbottom of the ocean
- 根底こんていroot, basis, foundation
- 基底きていbase, ground [n.]
- 徹底的にてっていてきにthoroughly, completely
そこsoko · kun'yomi · on its own
- 底そこbottom, sole
- 底値そこねbottom price
- 川底かわぞこriverbed
- 靴底くつぞこshoe sole
- どん底どんぞこvery bottom
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side底 bottom · 广
vs低 lower · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dǐ
Same form: 底 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 底 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 底 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dǐ 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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