Meaning & readings
bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
On’yomi テキ
Kun’yomi まと
Nanori いくは、ゆくは
Origin
This character combines a meaning component and a sound hint. The left part, 白, originally depicted a white target or mark—the kind of thing you aim at. The right part, 勺, serves as a sound hint suggesting how the character should be pronounced. Together they create a character that means "target" or "mark," capturing the idea of something you aim for or a goal you're aiming at, and the sound hint tells you roughly how to say it.
Components
- 白
- 勺
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 8
- Kangxi radical
- 106
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #105 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+07684