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的 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「白」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「白」
On
テキてき · teki
Kun
まとmato
Meaning
target; -like, -ish

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phono-semantic character: 白 (white) plus 勺 as the sound part; a clear white 'target', also used as the suffix '-like'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onテキてきteki的中てきちゅう目的もくてき科学的かがくてき
Kunまとmato的まと的外れまとはずれ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 目的もくてき

    purpose, aim

  • 的中てきちゅう

    hitting the mark

More words with this kanji

  • 実践的じっせんてき
  • 恣意的しいてき
  • 憧憬の的しょうけいのまと
  • 劃期的かっきてき
  • 鵺的ぬえてき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

矢(や)が的(まと)に当(あ)たった。

The arrow hit the target.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

的中目的的中middle目eye白white百hundre…皁black皇empero…皆all杓ladle狄a nort…迪a way剔to gou…荻reed
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 白Map of reading テキAll maps

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