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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

858 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: foothold, based on, follow, therefore

Kunyomi: よ.る

Onyomi: キョ, コ

Composition: 扌 処

拠

Radical

Radical: 手

Meaning: hand

Reading: て

Frequency: 1,203

Alternative forms:

扌(alt radical position hen)龵

手

Examples

Onyomi Examples

拠点 (キョテン) base (of operations), site, location, center, foothold, stronghold, (strategic) position

拠出 (キョシュツ) donation, contribution

急遽 (キュウキョ) hurriedly, in a hurry, hastily, in haste, sudden, abrupt

群雄割拠 (グンユウカッキョ) rivalry of local warlords, a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

有罪証拠 (ユウザイショウコ) corpus delicti

事例証拠 (ジレイショウコ) anecdotal evidence

Kunyomi Examples

依る (よる) to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at

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