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拠

foothold
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョ、コ
Kun readingよ.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «拠»

準拠する

Meanings

  1. footholdRtK
    彼は蜂がお互いに意思伝達をする事が出来ると言う証拠を見つけた。He found the evidence that bees can communicate with each other.tatoeba
    彼は証拠を突きつけられた。He was confronted with the evidence.tatoeba
  2. based on
  3. follow
  4. therefore
  1. grounds
  2. foundation
  3. authority
  4. support
  5. prop

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · dispose · walking legs (儿) · wind (風)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 722

Compound words

依拠いきょ
dependence
拠点きょてん
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold
根拠こんきょ
basis; grounds; foundation; reason; authority
準拠じゅんきょ
being based on; following (a rule, guidelines, etc.); conforming to (standards, regulations, etc.); complying with
証拠しょうこ
evidence; proof
占拠せんきょ
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
本拠ほんきょ
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
論拠ろんきょ
grounds of an argument
拠出きょしゅつ
donation; contribution
割拠かっきょ
holding one's ground
急拠きゅうきょ
hurriedly
拠るよる
to be due to
准拠じゅんきょ
being based on
憑拠ひょうきょ
basis
に拠るによる
by means of
に拠ればによれば
according to (someone)
群雄割拠ぐんゆうかっきょ
rivalry of local warlords
準拠するじゅんきょする
to be
拠点とするきょてんとする
to be based in (a place)

Additional Examples

彼は借金を全部払ったが、それは彼の誠実さの証拠である。
He paid all his debts, which is the proof of his honesty.tatoeba
彼は根拠のない非難にいらいらした。
He chafed under the groundless criticism.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 拠

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step