Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Kunyomi: まと

Onyomi: テキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はくへん

Meaning: white

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

日本な(にほんてきな)   typically Japanese

歴史な(れきしてきな)   historic

合理な(ごうりてきな)   rational

な(してきな)   personal

国際な(こくさいてきな)   international

確な(てきかくな)   precise

(ひょうてき)   target

(もくてき)   purpose

中する(てきちゅうする)   hit a target, prove correct

(まと)   target

Onyomi Examples

テキ -ical, -ive, -al, -ic, -y, -like, -ish, -sort of, -kind of, (something) like, along the lines of, -wise, in terms of, for, from the viewpoint of, from a ... standpoint, as far as ... is concerned, Mr., Ms., Mrs.

テキカク precise, accurate, appropriate, exactly the right

コウテキ public, official

人為 ジンイテキ artificial, unnatural, human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster), man-made

Kunyomi Examples

まと mark, target, object, subject, focus, point (e.g. of argument)

外れ まとはずれ off the mark, off base, misdirected, irrelevant

憧れの あこがれのまと object of adoration, longing

こまと small mark, small target