Kanji N1

据: set, lay a foundation, install

据 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning set, lay a foundation, install, written with 11 strokes. It is read キョ (on) and すえる, すわる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 据える (すえる, to place) and 据え置き (すえおき, deferment).

据

Meanings

  • set
  • lay a foundation
  • install
  • equip
  • squat down
  • sit down
Strokes11
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1468 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • すえる
  • すわる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 据

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  • 据えるすえる

    to place (in position); to fix

    JLPT N1
  • 据え置きすえおき

    deferment (e.g. of savings)

  • 見据えるみすえる

    to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on

  • 据え付けすえつけ

    installation; setting; fitting; mounting

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.