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塁 means 'base (in baseball)'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1911   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-35    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 7 words   Used in 39 words   Used in 9 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ルイ
Additional readings
On    ライ   スイ
Kun    とりで bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)
Name    る
Variants
垒 (Chinese)   壘 (kyujitai)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 塁 - click the badge to download
This kanji seems to be designed for baseball haters, but this essay is for baseball lovers. Learn to say that the first batter up got a single, Ishida stole third, a player was thrown out at second, and bases were loaded with two outs in the ninth inning. You'll even be able to say, "Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory."
Components
⿳  田 rice field  ⺢ (水) water  土 ground; earth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 塁 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 塁 is used 38 times, read 2 ways.
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ルイ : 37 words FIND ALL
ほ ん る い だ 3
noun
home run  (baseball term)
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とりで : 1 word FIND ALL
と り で 0
Most common form: 寨
noun
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
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An additional 1 less common words include 塁 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1918  Joy o' Kanji : 1918  Key to Kanji: - 

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塁
ルイ    base (in baseball), parapet   
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⺢
スイ   みず water   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
田
デン   た rice field   
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