基
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Han character[edit]
基 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿金土 (TCG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱其土)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 231, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5197
- Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 449, character 7
- Unihan data for U+57FA
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯ): phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 土 (“earth”) – a foundation of earth.
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
基
- † foot of a wall; foundation
- base of any building; foundations; basis
- (figuratively) basis; foundation; base
- † to lay a foundation
- cardinal; basic; capital; fundamental
- (chemistry) radical; group
- † Alternative form of 朞 (“whole year, month or day”).
- Short for 基隆 (Jīlóng, “Keelung”).
- 北北基 ― Běi Běi Jī ― Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung
- (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual
- a surname
Synonyms[edit]
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Derived terms from 基
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
基
- base
- be based on
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: こ (ko)
- Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
- Kun: もと (moto, 基, Jōyō); もとい (motoi, 基, Jōyō); もとづく (motozuku, 基づく)
- Nanori: のり (nori); はじむ (hajimu); はじめ (hajime)
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- a male given name
- a surname
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
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基 |
もと Grade: 5 |
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Etymology 3[edit]
Affix[edit]
Counter[edit]
- counter for grounded things (e.g. pyramids, electric power plants, wells, toro (Japanese traditional lantern), tombs)
- counter for wooden grave tablets (卒塔婆 (sotoba))
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
- Hanja form? of 기 (“foundation; basis”).
Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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