The kanji 敵: meaning, readings and stroke order

敵

Meaning: enemy, rival
On reading: テキ teki
Kun reading: かたき kataki
Strokes: 15
Radical: 攴 rap
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kẻ thù, đối thủ (địch)
Japanese: たたかうあいて。かたき。
Korean: 적, 상대 (적)
Chinese: 敌人、对手 (敌)

Readings, words and example sentences

テキ teki · on reading

強きょう敵てき
strong opponent
決勝で 強きょう敵てきと対戦します。
In the final, we play against a strong opponent.

かたき kataki · kun reading · less common

敵かたき
enemy, rival
昔の 敵かたきに町で会いました。
I met an old enemy in town.

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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.