挑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

challenge, contend for, make love to

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョウJHS
Kun (native)
  • いど(む)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音tiao1
  • 拼音tiao3
  • 한글do
  • 한글jo
  • Hán-ViệtThiêu
  • Hán-ViệtThiểu
  • Hán-ViệtThao

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6311

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌兆

Words using this kanji

  • 挑戦ちょうせん戦いを挑むこと。 困難な物事や新しい記録に立ち向かうこと。意欲をもって試みること。challenge, defiance, dare, attempt
  • 挑発ちょうはつ相手に対して、事件や欲情を起こすようにさせること。provocation, stirring up, arousal, excitement
  • 挑発的ちょうはつてき挑発するような様子。provocative, incendiary, inflammatory, suggestive
  • 挑むいどむいどむを参照。to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.), to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for, to tackle (e.g. a problem)
  • 挑戦者ちょうせんしゃ挑戦する人。 予選を勝ち抜き、チャンピオンなどと戦う資格を得た人。 Callenged(チャレンジド)の直訳、障害者の婉曲語。challenger
  • 挑戦状ちょうせんじょう(written) challenge
  • 挑戦的ちょうせんてきchallenging, defiant, provocative, aggressive
  • 挑戦権ちょうせんけんright to challenge, right to make a challenge
  • 挑発行為ちょうはつこういprovocative behaviour, provocative action
  • 挑みかかるいどみかかるto lunge at (someone), to spring upon, to turn upon, to pick a fight (with)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
5201.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c6.5
Heisig
710
Nelson
1898