# 据 — set in place; install

据 means “set in place; install”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes.  Kun'yomi: す(える) (sueru). You'll see it in words such as 据える (sueru, “to place; to fix”).

- Meaning: set in place; install
- On'yomi: —
- Kun'yomi: す(える) (sueru)
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Hands at work 4

## How to remember 据

Parts: 扌 hand · 居 reside

## Words with 据

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 据える | すえる (sueru) | to place; to fix |

## Don't confuse it with

[居](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/reside/) · [裾](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hem/) · [括](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/tie-up/)

## More in the “Hands at work 4” set

[擁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/stand-by/) · [摩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/rub/) · [撲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/slap/) · [絞](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/squeeze/) · [揚](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hoist/) · [覆](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/overturn/) · [抽](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/draw-out/) · [据](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/set-in-place/)

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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/set-in-place/. Last updated 2026-11-01.