Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
enemy, foe, opponent
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 敵 【テキ】 opponent, rival, adversary, menace, danger, threat, enemy
  • 敵意 【テキイ】 hostility, animosity, enmity
  • 強敵 【キョウテキ】 formidable enemy, strong enemy, tough enemy
  • 無敵 【ムテキ】 invincible, unrivaled, unrivalled, matchless, unbeatable, undefeatable

Kun reading compounds

  • 敵 【かたき】 rival, opponent, adversary, competitor, enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity), foe, revenge, spouse
  • 敵討ち 【かたきうち】 vengeance, revenge, retaliation
  • 目の敵 【めのかたき】 enemy
  • 仇を討つ 【かたきをうつ】 to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
  • 叶う 【かなう】 to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.), to be realized, to be fulfilled, to suit (e.g. a purpose), to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.), to conform to (standards, rules, etc.), to be consistent with, to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. the heat)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • enemigo
  • oponente
  • adversario
  • rival

Portuguese

  • inimigo
  • adversário

French

  • ennemi
  • adversaire
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946 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2340 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
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1864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2359 New Nelson (John Haig)
443 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
475 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
809 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
4i11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
0824.0 Four corner code
1-37-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6575 Unicode hex code