拠 foothold, based on, follow, therefore 8 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #858 in newspapers Readings Onキョ、コ Kunよ.る In Chinese 据, traditional 據 Words written with it 拠点 きょてん base (of operations) 証拠 しょうこ evidence N1 根拠 こんきょ basis N1 本拠 ほんきょ stronghold 拠出 きょしゅつ donation 論拠 ろんきょ grounds of an argument 占拠 せんきょ occupation 依拠 いきょ dependence 確たる証拠 かくたるしょうこ certain evidence 根拠地 こんきょち base (of operations) 群雄割拠 ぐんゆうかっきょ rivalry of local warlords 準拠 じゅんきょ being based on