Kanji: 敵

    • Meaning : enemy,foe,opponent
    • ON reading : テキ
    • KUN reading : かたき,あだ,かな.う
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 15
    • Frequency of use ranking : 1205
    • Jouyou grade level : 5
    • JLPT : 1
    • Radical : 攴(攵)

Words containing that kanji:


  • わない | わない - かなわない - no match for | unbearable | unable/can't do/beyond one's power
  • - きのうのともはきょうのてき - A friend today may turn against you tomorrow
  • - ごがたき - rival in (the game of) go
  • - おんてき - sworn enemy
  • - がいてき - foreign enemy
  • う | う | う - かなう - to come true (wish) | to be suited | to match (implies competition)/to rival/to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)
  • ち - かたきうち - vengeance/revenge/retaliation
  • - きゅうてき - bitter enemy
  • - きゅうてき - old enemy
  • - きょうてき - formidable enemy
  • - こうてきいちごう - public enemy No. 1
  • - こうてき - public enemy
  • - てきたいしゃ - opponent/antagonist
  • - さくてき - searching for the enemy
  • つ - かたきをうつ - to take revenge
  • - じゃくてき - weak enemy
  • す - てきにまわす - to make enemies of
  • 宿 - しゅくてき - old enemy/longtime enemy/arch-enemy/traditional rival/longstanding foe
  • | - しょうてき - weak opponent/weak enemy
  • | | がたき - しょうばいがたき - business rival/professional jealousy
  • - せいてき - political opponent
  • - せってきいどう - movement to contact
  • - すてき - lovely/dreamy/beautiful/great/fantastic/superb/cool/capital
  • せよ - なんじのてきをあいせよ - (as commanded by Jesus) love your enemies
  • - たいてき - great rival/powerful enemy
  • - てきぜん - in the presence of the enemy
  • - かたきやく | てきやく - role of the villain/the bad guy
  • - てきい - hostility/animosity
  • - てきぜんとうぼう - deserting under enemy fire
  • - てきるい - enemy fortress
  • - てきし - looking on (somebody) as hostile
  • - てきぶたい - enemy forces
  • - てきぐん - enemy army
  • - てきたい - hostility/antagonism/opposition
  • - てんてき - natural enemy
  • - ひってき - comparing with/match/rival/equal
  • - ふてき - daring/fearless/intrepid/bold/tough
  • - てきとうくに - enemy nation
  • - てきせいせんとういん - enemy combatant
  • - むてきかんたい - Spanish Armada/invincible armada
  • - むてき - invincible/unrivaled/unrivalled
  • つ - えどのかたきをながさきでうつ - to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
  • くにはまずから - てきをあざむくにはまずみかたから - in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies
  • - ゆだんたいてき - Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy/He that is too secure is not safe
  • ろをせる - てきにうしろをみせる - to turn one's back on the enemy
  • - けいてき - formidable foe
  • にあり - てきはほんのうじにあり - expression meaning one's real enemy is elsewhere
  • - きょうてき - treacherous enemy
  • | - かたき - rival/opponent/adversary | foe/enemy
  • - てき - opponent/rival/adversary | menace/danger/threat/enemy
  • | - こいがたき - one's rival in love
  • - てきたいてきばいしゅう - hostile takeover
  • - てんてきかんけい - relationship of being natural enemies
  • 退 - おんてきたいさん - invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy/Confusion to the enemy!
  • - てきがた - hostile party/enemy side
  • - てきせい | てきぜい - enemy's strength or fighting power
  • - てんかむてき - peerless/unequalled/unequaled
  • - てきどうし - mutual enemies
  • - ちょうてき - an enemy of the court/traitor
  • - たいてき - confronting the enemy/hostilities
  • - かそうてきこく - hypothetical or imaginary enemy
  • - てきたいてききぎょうばいしゅう - hostile buyout
  • - たいてきちょうほうきかん - counterintelligence agency
  • - てきたいかんけい - antagonism
  • - てきしつ - error made by the enemy or opposing team
  • - てきせい - inimical character
  • - てきえい - enemy camp
  • - てきしゅう - enemy attack or raid
  • - てきちゅう - in the midst of the enemy
  • - てきち - enemy territory/hostile place
  • - てきせいこっか - hostile nation
  • - てきがいしん - hostility/enmity
  • - ろんてき - opponent in a debate or argument
  • - てきほんしゅぎ - diversionary tactics/concealing one's true motives until the last moment
  • - てきこく | てっこく - enemy nation
  • - てきだん - enemy bullet
  • - てっき - enemy plane
  • - てきしゅ - rival/enemy
  • | - てきじょう - enemy movements/enemy's position
  • - てきじん - enemy camp or line
  • - てきえい - signs of the enemy
  • - ざんてき - remnants of an enemy army
  • - りてき - benefitting the enemy
  • - だいたんふてき - audacity/daredevil (attitude)
  • - てきかん - enemy ship
  • - てきへい - enemy (soldier)
  • - めのかたき - enemy
  • - りてきこうい - act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy
  • - なんてき - formidable enemy
  • - こうてきしゅ - worthy rival or opponent
  • - あなどりがたいてき - formidable enemy
  • く - てきにつく - to take the side of the enemy
  • - てきのぜい - enemys strength (forces)
  • す - てきをおどす - to threaten the enemy
  • - てきおう - opponents king (in shogi)
  • らわれる - てきにとらわれる - to be caught by the enemy
  • - てきひ - opponents hisha
  • す | す - てきをたおす - to kill one's enemy (opponent)
  • - てきがわ - enemy side
  • かる - てきにかかる - to assail the enemy
  • 退ける - てきのこうげきをしりぞける - to beat off an attack by the enemy
  • つ - てきをうつ - to quell the enemy
  • - てきかんたい - enemy fleet
  • う - てきとたたかう - to fight one's enemy
  • る - てきのけんをやぶる - to break the strong defenses of the enemy (defence)
  • - てきふ - opponents pawn
  • る - てきをやぶる - to defeat one's enemy