# 塁 — fort; base in baseball

塁 means “fort; base in baseball”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ルイ (rui). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 塁 (rui, “base; bag”).

- Meaning: fort; base in baseball
- On'yomi: ルイ (rui)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Conflict & rivalry 1

## How to remember 塁

Parts: 田 rice field · 冫 ice · 土 earth

## Words with 塁

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 塁 | るい (rui) | base; bag |

## More in the “Conflict & rivalry 1” set

[護](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/safeguard/) · [衛](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/defence/) · [撃](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/strike-down/) · [討](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/examine-closely/) · [攻](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/attack/) · [隊](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/squad/) · [塁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fort/) · [抗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/resist/) · [壊](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/destroy/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fort/. Last updated 2026-11-01.