底
底 — Bottom
bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind
On’yomiテイ (tei)
Kun’yomiそこ (soko)
Stroke order (8 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 底
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness; completeness; consistency |
| 底 | そこ soko | bottom; sole |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 根底 | こんてい kontei | root; basis; foundation |
| 底入れ | そこいれ sokoire | bottoming out (of prices) |
| 底流 | ていりゅう teiryuu | undercurrent |
Study notes
底 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #867 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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