Chinese Character 敵 Meanings and components.

Form

敵

Meaning

敵 meaning[3] in English

Enemy.

To Be A Match For.

To Rival.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 敵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (啇) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 攵 (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with YBOK

How to write 敵

To write敵di2enemy you should write a combination of 啇di4 , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

啇 + 攵 = 敵

敵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 敵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 敵, looks as follow:

敵
Pinyin:di2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Enemy . To Be A Match For . To Rival . To Resist . To Withstand
啇
Pinyin:di4 Shape:吕
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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