The kanji 的: meaning, readings and stroke order

的

Meaning: target, aim
On reading: テキ teki
Kun reading: まと mato
Strokes: 8
Radical: 白 white
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái đích, mục tiêu (đích)
Japanese: ねらうまと。めあて。
Korean: 과녁, 목표 (적)
Chinese: 靶子、目标

Readings, words and example sentences

テキ teki · on reading

目もく的てき地ち
destination
旅行の 目もく的てき地ちを決めます。
We decide where to go on our trip.

まと mato · kun reading

的まと
target
矢が 的まとに当たりました。
The arrow hit the target.

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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.