塁
塁 — Bases
bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)
On’yomiルイ (rui)
On’yomiライ (rai)
On’yomiスイ (sui)
Kun’yomiとりで (toride)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 塁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 本塁打 | ほんるいだ honruida | home run |
| 三塁 | さんるい sanrui | third base |
| 二塁 | にるい nirui | second base |
| 二塁打 | にるいだ niruida | two-base hit; double |
| 満塁 | まんるい manrui | bases loaded |
| 一塁 | いちるい ichirui | first base; first baseman; one fort |
Study notes
塁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #651 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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