漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
礎: cornerstone, foundation stone
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 石stone(meaning)
- 楚(sound)
石 carries the meaning · 楚 gives the sound
18 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソso · on'yomi · in compounds
- 礎石そせきfoundation stone, cornerstone
- 定礎ていそlaying a cornerstone
- 基礎きそfoundation, basis
- 基礎控除きそこうじょbasic or standard deduction
いしずえishizue · kun'yomi · on its own
- 礎いしずえfoundation stone, cornerstone
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
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礎 cornerstone · 楚
vs磨 grind · 麻In ChineseSimplified 础 · traditional, as in Japanese · chǔ
Japan keeps the traditional form 礎; mainland China simplifies it to 础.
- Simplified
- 础 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 礎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chǔ 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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