JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 据: "set, lay a foundation, install"
The kanji 据 means "set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down, sit down". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read キョ in on'yomi and す.える, す.わる 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)
キョ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
す.えるす.わる
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 | set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down, sit down |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1468 of 2,501 |
Common words with 据
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 見据えるfixer du regard, regarder droit dans les yeux · avoir en ligne de mire, se concentrer sur (l'avenir)
- 据えるto place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation) · to install; to seat (someone)
- 据わるto hold still; to hold in place; to hold steady; to stay (in one spot) · to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to compose (oneself)
- 打ち据えるto strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to beat severely · to place firmly
- 腰を据えるto settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something) · to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
- 肝が据わるto have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
- 睨み据えるto stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
- 腹に据えかねるcannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
- 据え付けるto install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place)
- 目が据わるto have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
- 据え膳meal set before one · women's advances
- 据え置くto leave as it is; to defer
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