The kanji 適: meaning, readings and stroke order

適

Meaning: suitable, fit
On reading: テキ teki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thích hợp, vừa (thích)
Japanese: ちょうどよい。よくあう。
Korean: 알맞다, 맞다 (적)
Chinese: 合适、适合 (适)

Readings, words and example sentences

テキ teki · on reading

適てき当とう
suitable, just right
ひもを 適てき当とうな長さに切ります。
I cut the string to the right length.

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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.