基

Meaning

基 centers on the base or starting point that supports everything above it: a foundation, fundamentals, or a chemical radical that serves as a core unit. The counter-for-machines sense extends this idea to counting foundational devices.

• 基本きほん
  N3

  basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

• 基準きじゅん
  N2

  standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge; basis

• 基地きち
  N2

  base (military, expedition, etc.)

• 基づくもとづく
  N3

  to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with)

• 基礎きそ
  N3

  foundation; basis

• 基もとい
  N1

  basis; foundation; origin; source

• 基き

  group

• 基盤きばん
  N2

  base; basis; foundation; footing; infrastructure

• 基金ききん
  N1

  fund; foundation

• 基調きちょう

  basic tone; underlying tone; basic theme; basis; keynote

• 基板きばん

  (circuit) board; substrate

• 基幹きかん

  mainstay; nucleus; key

• 塩基えんき

  base

• 基底きてい

  base; basis; foundation

• 基軸きじく

  basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard

• 労基法ろうきほう

  Labor Standards Act

• 基本給きほんきゅう

  base pay

• 基部きぶ

  base; foundation

• 基点きてん

  datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin

• 基質きしつ

  substrate (i.e. in biochemistry)

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