# 塁 — Base

Frequency rank 1518 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 菓 (Cake), less common than 膚 (Skin).

- On’yomi: るい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 土 Earth (Kangxi 32)
- Frequency path: Level XII of XX

Dirt on the bottom with a tombstone on top — bases made of dirt mounds with tombstone-like markers, like bases on a baseball diamond.

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