Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)

Kunyomi: とりで

Onyomi: ルイ ライ スイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ルイ base, bag, sack, fortress, stronghold

ルイシン base umpire

ニルイ second base

ソウルイ base running

Kunyomi Examples

とりで fort, fortress, stronghold, fortification