Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    founding (of a temple or sect); founder

  2. laying the foundation (for something)

  3. Noun

    base (topology); basis

    Mathematicssee 基底

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

open, unfold, unseal

Kun
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける
On
カイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
59 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

はるひらき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-8-4SKIP code
8e4.6The Kanji Dictionary
7744.1Four corner code
3855deroo
958bUnicode hex code
1-19-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4950Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6393New Nelson (John Haig)
3321New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4121Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2092Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2835Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1622Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1750Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
550Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41233Morohashi
241A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
396Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
400Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171sakade
270Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261henshall3
391Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
290crowley
215Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1840Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1636Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kai1Pinyin reading
gaeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation

Kun
もともとい
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
241 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

きいとも

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-6-5, 2-8-3SKIP code
3b8.12The Kanji Dictionary
4410.4Four corner code
1972deroo
57faUnicode hex code
1-20-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1098Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1040New Nelson (John Haig)
2673New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3312Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1716Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2330Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1767Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1904Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
382A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1493Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
688Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5197Morohashi
641A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
450Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
457Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
755sakade
435Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
670henshall3
726Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
251crowley
691Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
354Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1783Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji1Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level