底 Kanji – bottom
The Japanese kanji 底 can mean bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort.
Meaning and Readings
How is 底 read?
底 has the onyomi reading テイ and the kunyomi reading そこ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as tei, soko.
Common Japanese Words Using 底
These common Japanese words contain 底. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 海底（かいてい） — bottom of the ocean, seafloor, seabed
- 根底（こんてい） — root, basis, foundation
- 谷底（たにぞこ） — valley floor, bottom of a gorge, bottom of a ravine
- 底（そこ） — bottom, sole
- 底値（そこね） — bottom price
- 底力（そこぢから） — hidden reserves of strength, latent energy, potentiality, real strength
- 徹底（てってい） — thoroughness, completeness, consistency
- 徹底的（てっていてき） — thorough, exhaustive, complete
- 到底（とうてい） — (cannot) possibly, (not) by any means, (not) at all, utterly, absolutely
- 底辺（ていへん） — base (of a polygon)