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底

bottom
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingテイ
Kun readingそこ
JōyōGrade 4KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bottomRtK
    彼は腹の底まで腐ったやつだ。He is a thoroughly dishonest character.tatoeba
    彼は奈落の底に落ちた。He fell into the bottomless pit.tatoeba
  2. sole
  3. depth
    彼は不幸のどん底にあった。He was in the depth of misery.tatoeba
  4. bottom price
  5. base
  6. kind
  7. sort

Synonyms

ボトム

Radicals and components

Radical广dotted cliff
Components
How it's built
底
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · calling card · family name · one (一) · floor

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1975

Compound words

徹底するてっていする
to be thorough; to carry out completely
海底かいてい
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
根底こんてい
root; basis; foundation
谷底たにぞこ
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
底値そこね
bottom price
底力そこぢから
hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength
徹底てってい
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
到底とうてい
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
底辺ていへん
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; lower classes; base (e.g. of support)
底流ていりゅう
undercurrent
徹底的てっていてき
thorough; exhaustive; complete
底入れそこいれ
bottoming out (of prices)
底打ちそこうち
bottoming out
井底せいてい
well bottom
丸底まるぞこ
round-bottom
基底きてい
base
沓底くつぞこ
sole (of a shoe)
靴底くつぞこ
sole (of a shoe)
湖底こてい
lake bed, lake bottom
底襠そこマチ
bottom gusset
淵底えんてい
bottom depths (of water)
筐底きょうてい
bottom of a box
篋底きょうてい
bottom of a box
どん底どんぞこ
very bottom

Kun Reading Examples

彼の荷物の底には武器が隠されていた。そこ
The weapons were concealed in the bottom of his baggage.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は貧乏のどん底だ。
He is as poor as can be.tatoeba
彼は悲劇のどん底にあった。
His cup of misery was full.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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