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Kanji Detail for 拠 - "basis, to rely on, support"

拠

  • Meaning

    拠 means "basis, to rely on, support."

    1. To rely on - To depend on; to trust in; to cling to.

    2. Basis - Evidence; proof; something to rely on.

  • Words using 拠

    • 拠点 きょてん Listen base (of operations); site; location
    • 根拠 こんきょ Listen basis; grounds; foundation
    • 証拠 しょうこ Listen evidence; proof
    • 本拠 ほんきょ Listen stronghold; inner citadel; base
    • 論拠 ろんきょ Listen grounds of an argument
    • 占拠 せんきょ Listen occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)

  • Four-character idioms with 拠

    • 群雄割拠 ぐんゆうかっきょ Listen rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
    • 状況証拠 じょうきょうしょうこ Listen circumstantial evidence
    • 証拠隠滅 しょうこいんめつ Listen destruction of evidence

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    • Verified meaning: basis, to rely on, support
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    foothold; based on; follow; therefore

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to occupy, take possession of; a base, position

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 據|据

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

    kyo(キョ) キョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yo.ru(よる) よる

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to rely on basis support foothold stronghold foundation evidence ground proof premise depend trust anchor bedrock center cornerstone hub root source underpinning platform origin

Sentences including 拠

  • What evidence do you have?

  • There's no evidence.

  • Which only proves.

  • Your idea has no foundation at all.

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