底 — kanji meaning “bottom”
底
bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
- Meanings
- bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
- On'yomi
- テイ (tei)
- Kun'yomi
- そこ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #867 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 53
- Chinese reading
- dǐ, de — Chinese character page
Words with 底
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness; completeness; consistency |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 到底 | とうてい toutei | (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all |
| 根底 | こんてい kontei | root; basis; foundation |
| 底辺 | ていへん teihen | base (of a polygon) |
| 心底 | しんそこ shinsoko | bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts |
| 徹底的 | てっていてき tetteiteki | thorough; exhaustive; complete |
| 底力 | そこぢから sokojikara | hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality |
| 奥底 | おくそこ okusoko | depths; deep place |
| 地底 | ちてい chitei | depths of the earth |
| 底値 | そこね sokone | bottom price |
| 川底 | かわぞこ kawazoko | riverbed |
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