The kanji 拠: meaning, readings and stroke order

拠

Meaning: basis, ground
On reading: キョ kyo、コ ko
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 據

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: căn cứ, dựa vào (cứ)
Japanese: よりどころ。もとにする。
Korean: 근거, 의지하다 (거)
Chinese: 根据、依据 (据)

Readings, words and example sentences

キョ kyo · on reading

根こん拠きょ
basis, grounds
その話には 根こん拠きょがありません。
There is no basis for that story.

コ ko · on reading · less common

証しょう拠こ
proof, evidence
たしかな 証しょう拠こが見つかりました。
Solid evidence was found.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.