的 – bull's eye, mark, target

8 strokesTaught in grade 4#105 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 的 means bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テキ (teki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まと (mato). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 白 (no. 106).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テキ	teki
Kun’yomi	まと	mato

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: 白 (Kangxi radical 106). Components: 白・丶・勹.

Words using 的

目的もくてきpurpose積極的せっきょくてきpositive的確てきかくaccurate消極的しょうきょくてきnegative比較的ひかくてきcomparatively動的どうてきdynamic知的ちてきintellectual先天的せんてんてきinborn静的せいてきstatic

Example sentences

彼の目的はそのテストに合格することです。

His object is to pass the test.

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彼女は婦人解放運動で積極的に活躍した。

She took an active part in the women's lib movement.

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間髪を入れず、迅速かつ的確な応対、畏れ入ります。

Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say?

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Kanji with the same radical

百白皇皆

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