支持層

Reading

Kana: しじそう

Romaji: shijisou

Definition

noun

1

base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

Kanji

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

持

Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる

Meanings: hold, have

層

Reading: ソウ

Meanings: stratum, social class, layer, story, floor