Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

据: set, lay a foundation

Also: install, equip, squat down, sit down

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 居 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

すえるsueru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 据えるすえるto place (in position); to fix
  • 据え置きすえおきdeferment (e.g. of savings)
  • 見据えるみすえるto stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on
  • 据え付けすえつけinstallation; setting; fitting
  • 据え付けるすえつけるto install; to equip; to mount

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

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“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)

All 88
居

Also built on reside (居)

据 takes the 居 family's reading, キョ (kyo).

Also read キョ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
据 set · 扌
vs裾 cuff · 衤
据 has 扌 where 裾 has 衤.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jù

Same form: 据 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
据 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
据 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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