Nihongo

Kanji Detail of 的

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Strokes:8
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Basic Meaning

The kanji character generally conveys the idea of "target," "purpose," "focus," or " -like". It indicates something that is the object of attention, the goal, or possesses a characteristic resembling something else. It often functions as a suffix to modify nouns or adjectives, creating words that relate to a specific idea or attribute.

Readings

・On-yomi (音読み): テキ (teki) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, but often appears as a suffix.

Usage Examples

⚫︎ 目的 (mokuteki) Translation: purpose; goal; objective ⚫︎ 具体的 (gutai-teki) Translation: concrete; specific; tangible ⚫︎ 友好的 (yuukou-teki) Translation: friendly; amicable

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Origin and Formation

The character is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It combines a phonetic component (音符) and a semantic component (意符). The phonetic component is (shaku), which provided the sound. The semantic component is (shiro) meaning "white" or "bright." The original meaning may have related to the "center" or "bright spot" of a target. Over time, it evolved to represent the concept of a target or object.

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