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塁

塁 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bases”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 田 (rice field). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1871.

Keyword
bases
RTK frame
1871
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ルイ, ライ, スイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
とりで
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
основания
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
塁 rampart

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. prim-sparkler
  2. 土 soil
  3. 田 rice field

How to find 塁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “rice field”. 塁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 塁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.