拠 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 拠意味

foothold, based on, follow, therefore

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拠 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

よ.る yo.ru

KUNYOMI　訓読み

キョ kyo
コ ko

Examples

「広辞苑にこう書いてあります」と言って、広辞苑を唯一の拠り所に論陣を張る人がよくいる。

There are a lot of people who say, “it says this in Koujien,” and use that dictionary as the only grounds for their argument.

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秘 secret, conceal

拒 repel, refuse, reject, decline

刑 punish, penalty, sentence, punishment

塚 hillock, mound

致 doth, do, send, forward, cause, exert, incur, engage