Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

抵: resist, reach

Also: touch

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 氐 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 抵当ていとうmortgage, security
  • 抵抗力ていこうりょくresistance
  • 大抵たいていusually, generally
  • 抵抗するていこうするresist, oppose
  • 抵触するていしょくするconflict with, run counter to
  • 抵抗ていこう
  • 抵触ていしょく
  • 抵当権ていとうけんmortgage; right of pledge; lien

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
抵 resist · 扌
vs底 bottom · 广
抵 has 扌 where 底 has 广.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dǐ

Same form: 抵 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
抵 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
抵 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dǐ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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