Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

拠: foothold, based on

Also: follow, therefore

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 処 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

キョkyo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 拠点きょてんbase (of operations); site; location
  • 根拠こんきょbasis; grounds; foundation
  • 本拠ほんきょstronghold; inner citadel; base
  • 拠出きょしゅつdonation; contribution
  • 論拠ろんきょgrounds of an argument
  • 占拠せんきょ

コko · on'yomi

  • 証拠しょうこevidence; proof

Also read よる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

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Also read キョ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read コ

27 kanji share this on'yomiAll 27
In ChineseSimplified 据 · traditional 據 · jù

Three different forms: Japanese 拠, simplified 据, traditional 據.

Simplified
据 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
據 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jù 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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