挑

challenge; contend for; make love to

9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 989.

Readings

• チョウ (on reading): 挑戦 (ちょうせん) challenge; 挑戦者 (ちょうせんしゃ) challenger
• いどむ (kun reading): 挑む (いどむ) to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); 戦いを挑む (たたかいをいどむ) to challenge (a person) to a fight

Components

• 扌
• 兆
• 儿 radical legs
• 冫 radical ice
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手

Words using 挑

• 挑戦 (ちょうせん) challenge
• 挑戦者 (ちょうせんしゃ) challenger
• 初挑戦 (はつちょうせん) first challenge
• 挑発 (ちょうはつ) provocation
• 挑発的 (ちょうはつてき) provocative
• 挑む (いどむ) to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.)
• 戦いを挑む (たたかいをいどむ) to challenge (a person) to a fight
• 挑みかかる (いどみかかる) to lunge at (someone)

16 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists