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Kanji Detail for 敵 - "enemy, rival, match"

敵

  • Meaning

    敵 means "enemy, rival, match."

    1. Enemy - An opponent; a foe.

    2. Rival - A competitor; an adversary.

    3. Match - An equal; a peer.

    4. Oppose - To stand against; to resist.

  • Words using 敵

    • 匹敵 ひってき Listen to be a match for; to rival; to equal
    • 敵失 てきしつ Listen error made by the enemy or opposing team
    • 敵対 てきたい Listen hostility; antagonism; opposition
    • 敵国 てきこく Listen enemy nation
    • 強敵 きょうてき Listen formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
    • 政敵 せいてき Listen political opponent
    • 敵意 てきい Listen hostility; animosity; enmity
    • 無敵 むてき Listen invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled

  • Four-character idioms with 敵

    • 大胆不敵 だいたんふてき Listen daring; fearless; audacious
    • 天下無敵 てんかむてき Listen peerless; unequalled; unequaled
    • 怨敵退散 おんてきたいさん Listen invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
    • 敵本主義 てきほんしゅぎ Listen diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment
    • 油断大敵 ゆだんたいてき Listen don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised

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    • Verified meaning: enemy, rival, match
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    enemy; foe; opponent

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    enemy, foe, rival; resist

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An enemy. Such as 敵國. | To match. Meaning enemies being equal. Such as 敵體. | To resist. Such as resisting being 抵敵.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    teki(テキ) テキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ada(あだ) あだ

    kana.u(かな-う) かな-う

    kataki(かたき) かたき

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    enemy rival match equal opponent oppose suitable foe adversary antagonist challenger combatant competitor contender hostile nemesis opposing opposition peer warring belligerent

Sentences including 敵

  • You look nice in that dress.

  • She knows she's looking fine.

  • My father gave a nice watch to me.

  • You ought to find nice shoes here.

  • Some of them are really fine.

  • The men i meet are all very nice.

  • The city fell to the enemy.

  • Don't make an enemy of him.

  • She knows she's looking fine.

  • You shall have a nice present.

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