拠

拠 — foothold, based on, follow

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 8
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #858 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きょ kyo

こ ko
Kun'yomi: よ.る yo.ru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 拠

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