基础 jīchǔ Basics

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Traditional: 基礎

Stroke order

基础 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

基础 — the Chinese character for Basics (jīchǔ), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 基础 — Basics

基 — 11 strokes
础 — 10 strokes

Senses

base; foundation; basis
basic; fundamental

Characters in 基础

基 jī — (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
础 chǔ — foundation; base

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

他的中文基础很好。Tā de Zhōngwén jīchǔ hěn hǎo.His foundation in Chinese is very good.
学习要打好基础。Xuéxí yào dǎ hǎo jīchǔ.Studying requires a good foundation.

Related words

基础 is pronounced jīchǔ and means “Basics”.

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