挑 – challenge, contend for, make love to

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#989 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 挑 means challenge, contend for, make love to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いど.む (idomu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	いど.む	idomu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 儿・冫・扎.

Words using 挑

挑戦ちょうせんchallenge挑むいどむto challenge to (a fight, game, etc.)

Example sentences

スカイダイビングに挑戦したいんです。

I'd like to try out skydiving.

Tatoeba #215021

そのインディアンの群れは、ほんのちょっとでも怒らすと戦いを挑もうとした。

The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.

Tatoeba #213392

昨夜は結美のほうから挑んできたんだ。

Last night it was Yumi who pushed for sex.

Tatoeba #74804

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.