Memory phrase for the Kanji: 敵
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敵 |
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Meaning
| enemy, rival, opponent
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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.
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Radicals
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帝
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emperor | Stand 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. |
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古
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old | Picture of a gravestone |
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攵
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Stick in a hand | The radical nobun shows a hand  or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 素敵 |
すてき |
lovely, wonderful, nice, great |
| 敵 |
てき |
enemy, rival |
| 敵 |
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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