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敵 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「攵」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
On
テキてき · teki
Kun
かたきkataki
Meaning
enemy; opponent

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

攵 "to strike" plus 啇; the one you trade blows with — hence "enemy, opponent."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテキてきteki敵てき敵意てきい匹敵ひってき
Kunかたきkataki敵てき敵役かたきやく商売敵しょうばいてき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 強敵きょうてき

    formidable opponent

  • 無敵むてき

    invincible

More words with this kanji

  • 匹敵ひってき
  • 仇敵きゅうてき
  • 勍敵けいてき
  • 敵愾心てきがいしん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

次(つぎ)の相手(あいて)は強敵(きょうてき)だ。

Our next opponent is a formidable one.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 攵Map of reading テキAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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