基礎

		base; foundation; basic base; foundation; basic; (chemistry) radical	foundation; base
trad. (基礎)		基	礎
simp. (基础)		基	础

基礎

1. (literally) foundation; base (of a structure)
2. (figuratively) foundation; basis (that which offers support for an endeavour)

   打下基礎／打下基础  ―  dǎxià jīchǔ  ―  to lay a foundation

3. (economics) socio-economic base; economic foundation

• (foundation): 底子 (dǐzi), 根基 (gēnjī), 基業／基业 (jīyè), (Hokkien) 底置

基礎

1. basic; fundamental; elementary; rudimentary

• 基本 (jīběn)
• (attributive) 起碼／起码 (qǐmǎ)

Kanji in this term
基	礎
き Grade: 5	そ Grade: S
on'yomi

• (Tokyo) きそ [kíꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiso̞]

基(き)礎(そ) • (kiso) 

1. base, basis, foundation, ground, root
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":

     これらの原(げん)則(そく)は、交渉(こうしょう)の基(き)礎(そ)を与(あた)えてくれる。

     Korera no gensoku wa, kōshō no kiso o ataete kureru.

     These principles provide a foundation for negotiations.

2. (construction, architecture) foundation

• 基(き)礎(そ)的(てき) (kisoteki): fundamental

• 基(き)礎(そ)学(がく)力(りょく) (kiso gakuryoku): basic scholastic achievement
• 基(き)礎(そ)代(たい)謝(しゃ) (kiso taisha): basal metabolism
• 基(き)礎(そ)知(ち)識(しき) (kiso chishiki): fundamental knowledge

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Hanja in this term
基	礎

基礎 • (gicho) (hangeul 기초)

1. hanja form^? of 기초 (“foundation, basis”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
基	礎

基礎

1. chữ Hán form of cơ sở (“foundation, basis”).