Memory phrase for the Kanji: 敵


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Meaning enemy, rival, opponent

Pronunciation

TEKI
kataki

Explanation

Left: old emperor (var. of emperor 帝 and old 古), right: strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ)

Mnemonic


 
The old emperor strikes his enemies.

Radicals

emperorStand up 立 and cover 冖 with cloth 巾, the emperor 帝 comes. Sometimes it is mixed with "old" 古 to become the old emperor like at rival 敵.
oldPicture of a gravestone
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)
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 Vocabulary

素敵 すてき  lovely, wonderful, nice, great
てき  enemy, rival
かたき  rival, opponent, threat, enemy
敵意 てきい  animosity, enmity
敵同士 かたきどうし  mutual hostility
匹敵 ひってき  comparing with, match, rival, equal


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