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Translingual
Han character
敵 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜月人大 (YBOK), four-corner 08240, composition ⿰啇攵)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 474, character 48
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13354
- Dae Jaweon: page 828, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1475, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6575
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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膪
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*rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
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揥
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*tʰeds, *teː
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腣
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*teː, *teːɡs
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諦
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*teːɡs
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偙
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*teːɡs
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渧
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*teːɡs
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帝
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*teːɡs
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楴
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*tʰeːɡs
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啼
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*deː
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蹄
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*deː
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締
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*deː, *deːɡs
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崹
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*deː
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鶙
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*deː
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禘
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*deːɡs
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啻
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*hljeɡs
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嫡
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*rteɡ, *teːɡ
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摘
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*rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
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謫
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*rteːɡ
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讁
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*rteːɡ
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擿
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*deɡ
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蹢
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*deɡ, *teːɡ
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適
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*tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
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啇
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*teːɡ
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滴
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*teːɡ
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鏑
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*teːɡ
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甋
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*teːɡ
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樀
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*teːɡ, *deːɡ
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敵
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*deːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *deːɡ) : phonetic 啻 (OC *hljeɡs) + semantic 攴 (“to tap; to hit”).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-taːj (“to retaliate; to grudge”). Cognate with Jingpho tai (tai³¹, “to avenge; to retaliate”) and Mizo tǎi (“to be at enmity with one another (intense); to have a grudge against”), and Burmese တေး (te:, “to grudge, to chalk up a grievance”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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敵
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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dí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dek ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁek/
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English
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oppose; enemy
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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敵
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2340
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Phonetic component
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帝
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Rime group
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錫
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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荻
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Old Chinese
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/*deːɡ/
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Definitions
敵
- enemy; foe; rival
- 敵我/敌我 ― díwǒ ― the enemy and us
- 與民為敵/与民为敌 ― yǔ mín wéi dí ― to treat the people as the enemy
- hostile; antagonistic
- 敵國/敌国 ― díguó ― enemy state
- to resist; to oppose
- 敵不住/敌不住 ― dí bùzhù ― cannot resist
- 寡不敵眾/寡不敌众 ― guǎbùdízhòng ― to be hopelessly out-numbered
- to match; to rival
- 匹敵/匹敌 ― pǐdí ― to compare with
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
敵
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
The Heian Kyoto pitch accent of <LLL> indicates that the first two morae of this word are come from 片 (kata, “one of a pair”, pitch accent <LL>).
Pronunciation
Noun
敵 • (kataki)
- an enemy
- revenge, vengeance
- 親の敵
- oya no kataki
- revenge for one's parent's death
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- 妹の仇だ!何万人だろうが地獄へ送ってやる‼
- Imōto no kataki da! Nanmannin darō ga jigoku e okutte yaru‼
- This is vengeance for my sister! Keep coming, all of you! I’ll send you all straight to hell‼
- opponent (of the game or conflict)
- (archaic, obsolete) marriage partner
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 敵 (MC dek). First cited in Japanese to the early 1200s.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
敵 • (teki)
- an enemy
- 敵は本能寺にあり。
- Teki wa Honnō-ji ni ari.
- The enemy is at Honnō-ji. (attributed to Akechi Mitsuhide)
1999 March 1, “とろける赤き影 (torokeru akaki kage) [Melting Red Shadow]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
- 体を溶かして足もとの影にもぐり、敵の真下から攻撃する。
- Karada o tokashite ashimoto no kage ni moguri, teki no mashita kara kōgeki suru.
- It strikes its enemies directly from below as its melting body dives in the shadows under their feet.
- an opponent, a competitor
- 敵を倒す
- teki o taosu
- defeat an opponent
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- 敵であるオマエを信じろと言うのか?
- Teki de aru omae o shinjiro to iu no ka?
- You’re my opponent. Why should I believe you?
- (historical) the other party in a lawsuit
- 的: (historical) in the red-light district, a term of reference used between prostitutes and customers
Compounds
Pronoun
敵 • (teki)
- 的: (historical) (by extension from the red-light district usage) term of third-person reference: that guy, that one
- Synonym: やつ (yatsu)
- 的: (historical, mildly derogatory) (by extension from the red-light district usage) term of second-person reference: you
- Synonym: お前 (omae)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “敵・的”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 敵 (MC dek). Recorded as Middle Korean 뎍 (tyek) (Yale: tyek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
敵 (eumhun 원수 적 (wonsu jeok))
- hanja form? of 적 (“enemy”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 숙적 (宿敵, sukjeok, “archenemy”)
- 적대 (敵對, jeokdae, “hostility; opposition”)
- 무적 (無敵, mujeok, “invincibility, matchlessness”)
- 적군 (敵軍, jeokgun, “enemy troops; hostile force”)
- 천적 (天敵, cheonjeok, “predator; natural enemy (for an animal”)
- 정적 (政敵, jeongjeok, “political opponent, political enemy”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
敵: Hán Nôm readings: địch
- chữ Hán form of địch (“enemy”).