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敵

敵

See also: 敌

Translingual

Han character

敵 (radical 66 攴+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人大 (YBOK), four-corner 08240, composition ⿰啇攵)

  1. enemy, foe, rival
  2. resist

References

  • KangXi: page 474, character 48
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13354
  • Dae Jaweon: page 828, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1475, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6575

Chinese

trad. 敵
simp. 敌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (帝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
膪 *rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥 *tʰeds, *teː
腣 *teː, *teːɡs
諦 *teːɡs
偙 *teːɡs
渧 *teːɡs
帝 *teːɡs
楴 *tʰeːɡs
啼 *deː
蹄 *deː
締 *deː, *deːɡs
崹 *deː
鶙 *deː
禘 *deːɡs
啻 *hljeɡs
嫡 *rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘 *rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫 *rteːɡ
讁 *rteːɡ
擿 *deɡ
蹢 *deɡ, *teːɡ
適 *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇 *teːɡ
滴 *teːɡ
鏑 *teːɡ
甋 *teːɡ
樀 *teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵 *deːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 敵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 徒歷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /dek̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /dek̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /dɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dɛjk̚/
Li
Rong		 /dek̚/
Wang
Li		 /diek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱiek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 敵
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]ˤek/
English oppose; enemy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 敵
Reading # 1/1
No. 2340
Phonetic
component		 帝
Rime
group		 錫
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 荻
Old
Chinese		 /*deːɡ/

Definitions

敵

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji

敵

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Noun

敵 ‎(hiragana かたき, romaji kataki)

  1. an enemy
  2. rival

Alternative forms

敵 ‎(hiragana てき, romaji teki)

  1. an enemy
  2. an opponent; a competitor

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

敵 • ‎(jeok) (hangeul 적, revised jeok, McCune-Reischauer chŏk, Yale cek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

敵 (địch)

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