敵 (enemy, foe, opponent) - Kanji Codex

敵

enemy, foe, opponent

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

テキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あだかたきかな.う

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:15

JLPT:1

Frequency:1205

Vocabulary

テキ

Word	Reading	Meaning
強敵	キョウテキ	formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
政敵	セイテキ	political opponent
素敵	ステキ	lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great; splendid; marvellous (marvelous); fantastic; superb
素敵	ステキ	lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great; splendid; marvellous (marvelous); fantastic; superb
敵意	テキイ	hostility; animosity; enmity

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
敵わない	かなわない	no match for; cannot compete with; not in the same league as; powerless against; cannot stand; cannot bear; cannot put up with; unbearable; intolerable; unable to do; cannot do; impossible
匹敵	ひってき	to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
敵	てき	opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat; enemy
敵国	てっこく	enemy nation
敵討ち	かたきうち	vengeance; revenge; retaliation

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