敵
enemy; foe; opponent
15 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1205.
Readings
- テキ (on reading): 敵 (てき) opponent; 素敵 (すてき) lovely
- かたき (kun reading): 敵役 (かたきやく) role of the villain; 敵同士 (かたきどうし) mutual enemies
- かなう (kun reading): 敵う (かなう) to match
- あだ (kun reading)
Components
- 啇
- 攵
- 乞 radical beg
- 亠 radical lid
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 十 radical ten
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
- 立 radical stand
- 滴 radical stem; root, as in 適, 敵
Words using 敵
- 敵 (てき) opponent
- 素敵 (すてき) lovely
- 無敵 (むてき) invincible
- 敵対 (てきたい) hostility
- 匹敵 (ひってき) to be a match for
- 敵役 (かたきやく) role of the villain
- 敵同士 (かたきどうし) mutual enemies
- 目の敵 (めのかたき) someone viewed with hatred
- 敵討ち (かたきうち) vengeance
- 恋敵 (こいがたき) one's rival in love
- 敵う (かなう) to match
129 words in all.