Hanja Analyzer
敵

敵 — jeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
대적할 적
Romanization
jeok
English
enemy, foe, rival; resist
Mandarin
dí
Japanese on'yomi
テキ, ジャク
Japanese kun'yomi
かたき あだ かな.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,205 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
攴 (66, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
啇(적)
Unicode
U+6575

Parts that make up 敵

  • 啇 나무 뿌리 적, 실과 꼭지 적, 밑둥 적sound 뿌리째 드러난 밑동‘적·제’ 계열의 소리
  • 攵 variant of 攴 손에 든 막대기치고 때려 시키는 일. 오른쪽에서 攵 으로 쓴다

How 敵 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 敵 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 啻, 攴.

Korean example words with 敵

  • 적도敵徒 Korean gloss: 적의 무리
  • 적병敵兵 Korean gloss: 적의 병사
  • 적새敵塞 Korean gloss: 적의 요새
  • 적수敵手 Korean gloss: 적의 손길
  • 적습敵襲 Korean gloss: 적의 습격
  • 적실敵失 Korean gloss: 적의 실책
  • 적장敵將 Korean gloss: 적의 장수
  • 적침敵侵 Korean gloss: 적의 침입
  • 적후敵後 Korean gloss: 적의 후방
  • 논적論敵 Korean gloss: 논쟁의 적수
  • 적경敵境 Korean gloss: 적국의 국경
  • 적배敵背 Korean gloss: 적군의 뒤쪽

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 敵

  • 敵てき opponent; rival; adversary
  • 匹敵ひってき to be a match for; to rival; to equal
  • 敵失てきしつ error made by the enemy or opposing team
  • 敵対てきたい hostility; antagonism; opposition
  • 素敵すてき lovely; wonderful; charming
  • 敵国てきこく enemy nation
  • 強敵きょうてき formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
  • 政敵せいてき political opponent
  • 敵意てきい hostility; animosity; enmity
  • 宿敵しゅくてき old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy
  • 天敵てんてき natural enemy
  • 敵陣てきじん enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

Characters sharing the phonetic 啇

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “적” in Korean.

Other hanja read “적”

Other hanja with radical 攴

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences