適
適 — jeok, cheok
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 맞을 적, 갈 척
- Romanization
- jeok, cheok
- English
- match, comfortable; just
- Mandarin
- shì
- Japanese on'yomi
- テキ, セキ, チャク, タク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- かな.う
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #670 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 辵 (162, 11 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 啇(적)
- Unicode
- U+9069
Parts that make up 適
- 啇 나무 뿌리 적, 실과 꼭지 적, 밑둥 적sound 뿌리째 드러난 밑동‘적·제’ 계열의 소리
- ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임
How 適 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 適 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 啻.
Korean example words with 適
- 적례適例 Korean gloss: 알맞은 예
- 적시適時 Korean gloss: 알맞은 때
- 적기適期 Korean gloss: 알맞은 시기
- 적역適役 Korean gloss: 알맞은 배역
- 적온適溫 Korean gloss: 알맞은 온도
- 적자適者 Korean gloss: 적응한 사람
- 최적最適 Korean gloss: 가장 알맞음
- 적소適所 Korean gloss: 꼭 알맞은 자리
- 적량適量 Korean gloss: 쓰임에 알맞은 분량
- 적역適譯 Korean gloss: 적절한 번역이나 통역
- 적부適否 Korean gloss: 알맞음과 알맞지 아니함
- 적평適評 Korean gloss: 꼭 알맞은 평가나 논평
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 適
- 適切てきせつ appropriate; suitable; fitting
- 適用てきよう application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
- 適時てきじ timely; opportune
- 適正てきせい reasonable; suitable
- 適当てきとう suitable; proper; appropriate
- 快適かいてき pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
- 最適さいてき most suitable; optimum; optimal
- 適応てきおう adaptation; accommodation; conformity
- 適法てきほう legal; lawful; legitimate
- 適格てきかく eligible; qualified; competent
- 適合てきごう conformity; compatibility; adaptability
- 適度てきど moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate
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 辵
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences