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Character Decomposition
基=其+土
Etymology
earth
Meanings
(bound form) base; foundation
(bound form) radical (chemistry)
(bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
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Words with 基 432 total
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