# 底 bottom

(cave) + 氏 (mr. /speculum radical) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
8 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

TEI |

## Mnemonic

| TAKE the speculum to the bottom of the cave! (it's got yo Mama's residue on it so we have to bury it before it infects the general populace)

## Kunyomi

( の ) そこ | the bottom ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

徹底的(てっていてき) にXXX | to do XXX thoroughly ★★☆☆☆ 徹 (do thoroughly) + 底 (bottom) + 的 (motivation / '-al') = 徹底的 (to do XXX thoroughly) to do XXX thoroughly, exhaustively, comprehensively. Plus, isn't that the greatest pronunciation? tetetetetetetetete!!! That's the most wild sound since the past tense of 'warm': (atatakatta)
海底(かいてい) | bottom of the ocean ☆☆☆☆☆ 海 (ocean) + 底 (bottom) = 海底 (bottom of the ocean)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
床 | floor | WOOD | 木
底 | bottom | SPECULUM | 氏

The floor is made of WOOD

but the SPECULUM probes to the very bottom of the hoo-hoo.