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敵

敵 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

enemy, foe, opponent

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • テキElem.
Kun (native)
  • かたきJHS
  • あだ
  • かな(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音di2
  • 한글jeog
  • Hán-ViệtĐịch

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

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
攴(のぶん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6575

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰啇攵

Words using this kanji

  • 敵てき「かたき」を参照。 たたかいやあらそい、試合などの相手。 よくないもの。害になるもの。opponent, rival, adversary, menace
  • 敵失てきしつerror made by the enemy or opposing team
  • 敵対てきたい相手をとして憎み、はむかうこと。hostility, antagonism, opposition
  • 敵国てきこく戦争の相手国。 [古]対等の国。enemy nation
  • 敵意てきい敵対しようとする心。相手に害を加えようとする心。hostility, animosity, enmity
  • 敵わないかなわないno match for, cannot compete with, not in the same league as, powerless against
  • 敵陣てきじん敵方の陣地や陣営。enemy camp, enemy line, last 3 rows of the board
  • 敵地てきち敵の陣地や、その領地。enemy territory, hostile place
  • 敵視てきし相手を敵と見なすこと。looking upon (someone) as an enemy, regarding as an enemy, being hostile toward
  • 敵役かたきやく物語や演劇で悪人を演じる役柄。悪役。role of the villain, the bad guy
  • 敵性てきせい敵として見なされる性質。「敵性国家」hostile nature, inimical character
  • 敵機てっき敵の軍用機。enemy plane
  • 敵前てきぜんin the face of the enemy, before the enemy
  • 敵討ちかたきうちvengeance, revenge, retaliation
  • 敵かたき「かたき」を参照。 たたかいやあらそい、試合などの相手。 よくないもの。害になるもの。rival, opponent, adversary, competitor
  • 敵軍てきぐん敵の軍隊・軍勢。enemy army
  • 敵塁てきるい敵の砦。enemy fortress
  • 敵方てきがた敵となる方。敵となる側。敵側。hostile party, enemy side
  • 敵勢てきぜい（てきせい）敵の勢力。 （てきせい、てきぜい）敵の軍勢。enemy's strength, enemy's fighting power, enemy army, enemy forces
  • 敵中てきちゅう敵地の範囲のなか。in the midst of the enemy

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-4
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0824.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i11.2
Heisig
475
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2060