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塁

Base
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingルイ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 37

Meanings

  1. base
  2. base(ball)
  3. basesRtK
  4. fort
  5. rampart
  6. walls
  1. bag
  2. sack
  3. fortress
  4. stronghold

Homonyms

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Same reading (るい)
類 · kind

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · sparkler · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1871

Compound words

盗塁とうるい
base stealing; steal; stolen base
一塁いちるい
first base; first baseman; one fort
三塁さんるい
third base
出塁しゅつるい
getting on base; reaching first base; times on base; TOB
二塁にるい
second base
本塁ほんるい
base; stronghold; main fort; home base; home plate
満塁まんるい
bases loaded
塁審るいしん
base umpire
残塁ざんるい
left on base; remnant fort
走塁そうるい
base running
三塁手さんるいしゅ
third baseman
三塁打さんるいだ
three-base hit; triple
二塁手にるいしゅ
second baseman
二塁打にるいだ
two-base hit; double
本塁打ほんるいだ
home run
１塁いちるい
first base
３塁さんるい
third base
堅塁けんるい
stronghold
進塁しんるい
advance to next base
堡塁ほうるい
fort
一塁手いちるいしゅ
first baseman
一塁線いちるいせん
first-base line
三塁線さんるいせん
third-base line
無死満塁むしまんるい
bases loaded with no outs

Additional Examples

彼は一塁へ投げた。
He threw the ball to first base.tatoeba
走者は三塁でアウトになった。
The runner was called out at third.tatoeba
先頭打者がヒットで出塁した。
The first batter up got a base hit.tatoeba
松井、起死回生の逆転満塁サヨナラホームラン！
Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Fort; base (baseball). 田 + 冫 + 土 (earth) — a heaped earthwork.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 塁

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