Meaning & readings
bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
Origin
The character 底 combines a roof or shelter radical (广) with a sound hint component (氐) that indicates its pronunciation. The roof radical suggests a physical structure or enclosed space, which connects to the meaning of "bottom" or "base"—the lowest part of a structure. The sound component 氐 doesn't contribute to the meaning but signals roughly how the character should be pronounced. Together, these parts create a character for the lowest point or foundation of something, whether it's the bottom of a container, the sole of a foot, or the base price of a good.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Components
- 广
- 氐
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 8
- Kangxi radical
- 53
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #867 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+05E95