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Kanji Detail for 塁 - "fort, base, rampart"

塁

  • Meaning

    塁 means "fort, base, rampart."

    1. Fort - A small defensive structure.

    2. Base - A foundation; a baseball base.

    3. Rampart - A defensive wall.

    4. Pile up - To stack; to accumulate.

  • Words using 塁

    • 本塁打 ほんるいだ Listen home run
    • 三塁 さんるい Listen third base
    • 二塁 にるい Listen second base
    • 満塁 まんるい Listen bases loaded
    • 二塁打 にるいだ Listen two-base hit; double
    • 一塁 いちるい Listen first base; first baseman; one fort
    • 三塁打 さんるいだ Listen three-base hit; triple
    • 盗塁 とうるい Listen base stealing; steal; stolen base

  • Four-character idioms with 塁

    • 堅塞固塁 けんさいこるい Listen impregnable fortress; heavily guarded fort

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    • Verified meaning: fort, base, rampart
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かさね, るい)

    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 塁

    Given names 塁(かさね)Listen 塁(るい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bases; fort; rampart; walls; base(ball)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rampart, military wall

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 壘|垒

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rai(ライ) ライ

    rui(ルイ) ルイ

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    toride(とりで) とりで

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    fort base rampart pile up stack stronghold barrier bastion bulwark citadel defense earthwork embankment fortress foundation garrison palisade parapet protection redoubt

Sentences including 塁

  • Bases loaded, two outs in the ninth inning.

  • He threw the ball to first base.

  • Ishida advances to third on a stolen base.

  • Tom hit a triple.

  • Tom hit a triple.

  • The runner stole third base.

  • The first batter up got a base hit.

  • The runner was called out at third.

  • With first base open, he walked the batter.

  • Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.

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