Meaning & readings
enemy, foe, opponent
On’yomi テキ
Kun’yomi かたき、あだ、かな.う
Origin
This character combines a sound hint on the left with a classifier on the right. The left component 啇 suggests the pronunciation テキ. The right component 攵 is a shorthand version of a symbol for action or striking, which classifies this as a character about conflict or confrontation. Together, the character expresses the idea of an opponent or enemy — someone you oppose or strike against — using the sound pattern テキ.
Components
- 啇
- 攵
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 15
- Kangxi radical
- 66
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #1205 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+06575