# 底 — Bottom

Frequency rank 763 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 遊 (Play), less common than 因 (Cause).

- On’yomi: てい
- Kun’yomi: そこ
- Radical: 广 Dotted Cliff (Kangxi 53)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

Under a canopy (广), a clan (氏) gathers on the ground (一) — the clan meets at the very bottom of the sheltered hall, at the lowest level.

In words:

- 底 そこ — bottom,sole
- 徹底 てってい — thoroughness,completeness
- 到底 とうてい — (cannot) possibly

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