JLPT N2 · 8 strokes
Kanji 底: "bottom, sole, depth"
The kanji 底 means "bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read テイ in on'yomi and そこ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そこ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 867 of 2,501 |
Common words with 底
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 底bottom; sole
- 徹底的thorough; exhaustive; complete
- 心底fond du cœur, tréfonds de l'âme, pensée véritable · du fond du cœur, sincèrement, vraiment
- 心の底fond du cœur
- 到底(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly
- 徹底thoroughness; completeness; consistency · thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
- 奥底depths; deep place · bottom (of one's heart)
- 心の奥底innermost depths of one's heart
- 海底bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed · undersea; submarine
- 根底root; basis; foundation
- どん底very bottom; rock bottom
- どん底The Lower Depths (1902 play by Maxim Gorky)
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