Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

礎

so

cornerstone · foundation stone

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 18 strokes

Readings

  • ONソso
  • KUNいしずえishizue

Meaning

Cornerstone, foundation stone.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 礎

礎 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 18 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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