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敌

dí

enemy

Simplified form of 敵. Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 啻 represents the sound.

Components
舌 simplified component

舌  Simplified component

shé

  

tongue

Shorthand for the 啻 component in the traditional character 敵.

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

敌 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
敌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敌 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
敌 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
敌 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

敌 (敵) 

dí

enemy, foe, rival; resist; enemy; to be a match for; to rival; to resist; to withstand

Most common words with 敌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

敌人

enemy

敌

enemy

无敌

unequalled

敌军

enemy troops

敌对

hostile

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 26.7820% of movies

1143rd most common character in movies

523rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

敵

Unicode

U+654C


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