18 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

cornerstone, foundation stone

Kun'yomi
  • foundation stone
On'yomi
Nanori
  • もと

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

84.3%
いしずえ 15.7%

Character Breakdown

cornerstone, foundation stone
ソ いしずえ もと (8th, N1)
stone
いし セキ シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
whip, cane
ソ すわえ ショ (Kentei Pre-1)
grove, forest
リン はやし し (1st, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
head, counter for animals
ヒキ ショ ソ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

References

Unicode hex code 790E
JIS X 0208 1-33-35
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3222
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4054
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1248
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1595
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 842
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1152
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 394
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 421
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1268
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2730
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1701
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24522
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1512
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1515
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1616
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1576
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1898
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 692
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1412
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 401
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5a13.2
Four corner code 1468.1
De Roo Code 3370