The kanji 対: meaning, readings and stroke order
対
- Meaning
- against, pair
- On reading
- タイ tai、ツイ tsui
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 寸 thumb, inch
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 對
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đối đầu, một cặp (đối)
- Japanese
- むかいあう。ふたつで ひとくみ。
- Korean
- 맞서다, 짝 (대)
- Chinese
- 对抗、一对 (对)
Readings, words and example sentences
タイ tai · on reading
対決
face-off, showdown
二人が 明日 対決します。
The two will face off tomorrow.
ツイ tsui · on reading · less common
一対
a pair
一対の 花びんを もらいました。
I got a pair of vases.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.