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Kanji Detail for 底 - "bottom, base, depth"

底

  • Meaning

    底 means "bottom, base, depth."

    1. Bottom - The lowest part.

    2. Base - The foundation; the ground.

    3. Depth - The deepest point.

  • Words using 底

    • 徹底 てってい Listen thoroughness; completeness; consistency
    • 海底 かいてい Listen bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed
    • 底入れ そこいれ Listen bottoming out (of prices)
    • 底流 ていりゅう Listen undercurrent
    • 底辺 ていへん Listen base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels
    • 底力 そこぢから Listen hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality
    • 底打ち そこうち Listen bottoming out
    • 底値 そこね Listen bottom price

  • Four-character idioms with 底

    • 凡事徹底 ぼんじてってい Listen doing mundane things properly and thoroughly; thoroughness in all things; attention to detail
    • 周知徹底 しゅうちてってい Listen making (something) known to everyone; publicizing as widely as possible; dissemination
    • 大悟徹底 たいごてってい Listen attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening
    • 方底円蓋 ほうていえんがい Listen being a (total) mismatch; not fitting together; being ill-suited
    • 海底撈月 かいていろうげつ Listen totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

  • Tattoo check: 底

    • Verified meaning: bottom, base, depth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そこ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 底

    Surnames 底(そこ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bottom; sole; depth; bottom price; base; kind; sort

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bottom, underneath, underside

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bottom, underside; below, underneath

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The bottom. Such as 水底, 花底. | To stop. Such as 伊於胡底. | To reach. Such as 靡所底止. | The base of a vessel. (Book of Odes commentary) Without a bottom is 橐; with a bottom is 囊. | A draft document is called 底. Now, rough drafts are also called 底子. | An interrogative. "What" or "where." Such as 底事, 底處. Commonly used in poetry.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    soko(そこ) そこ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    bottom base depth remain stay floor foot foundation ground lowest nadir origin root underside thorough profound

Sentences including 底

  • You had better study english thoroughly.

  • He is kind at heart.

  • He is as poor as can be.

  • He's an absolute fool.

  • I cannot think that i will ever meet him.

  • The trouble is that there is little water left.

  • He has a deep voice.

  • He welcomed the news from his heart.

  • I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  • He was sitting on the floor.

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