Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes

的: bull's eye, mark

Also: target, object, adjective ending

N3 (our estimate)8 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

白 carries the meaning · 勺 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

テキteki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 日本的なにほんてきなtypically Japanese
  • 歴史的なれきしてきなhistoric
  • 合理的なごうりてきなrational
  • 私的なしてきなpersonal
  • 国際的なこくさいてきなinternational
  • 的確なてきかくなprecise
  • 標的ひょうてきtarget
  • 目的もくてきpurpose
  • 的中するてきちゅうするhit a target, prove correct

まとmato · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 的まとtarget

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)白 white (meaning) + 勺 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 的 (rev. 93441215), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“White (白) + spoon/ladle (勺). Originally referred to the "white" center of an archery target where the marksman focused their aim.”
From the 白 white story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
白

Also built on white (白)

All 14
勺

Also built on ladle (勺)

The 勺 family reads シャク (shaku); 的 is read テキ.

Also read テキ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
的 bull's eye · 白 + 勺
vs易 easy · 日 + 勿
的 has 白 + 勺 where 易 has 日 + 勿.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · de

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

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

Pinyin de 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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