適
suitable; occasional; rare; qualified; capable
14 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 670.
Readings
- テキ (on reading): 適当 (てきとう) suitable; 適用 (てきよう) application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
- かなう (kun reading): 適う (かなう) to suit (one's needs, tastes, purpose, etc.); 道理に適う (どうりにかなう) to stand to reason
Components
- 啇
- ⻌
- 亠 radical lid
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 十 radical ten
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- ⻌ radical movement; road
- 立 radical stand
- 滴 radical stem; root, as in 適, 敵
Words using 適
- 適当 (てきとう) suitable
- 適用 (てきよう) application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
- 快適 (かいてき) pleasant
- 適切 (てきせつ) appropriate
- 適する (てきする) to fit
- 適う (かなう) to suit (one's needs, tastes, purpose, etc.)
- 道理に適う (どうりにかなう) to stand to reason
- 望みが適う (のぞみがかなう) to have one's wish realized
- 目的に適う (もくてきにかなう) to serve one's aim
- 適える (かなえる) to fulfill (a condition)
180 words in all.