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Kanji for Foundation
The kanji for “foundation” is 礎, read so and written in 18 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
foundation
A cornerstone; the base everything stands on.
18 strokes On reading ソ (so) Kun reading いしずえ (ishizue) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: cornerstone, foundation stone
Readings used for names on Nazuke: so, moto
Names written with 礎: Thomasine 礎正信新 · Sol 礎瑠 · Sonia 礎新明 · Alonso 明路礎 · Alonzo 明路礎 · Alfonso 安瑠芳礎 · Alfonzo 安瑠芳礎 · Solomon 礎路百 · Alphonso 安瑠芳礎 · Vincenzo 敏仙礎 · Zora 礎良 · Thora 礎良 and 2 more
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