Components

敵 means 'enemy'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 659   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-4    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 72 words   Used in 125 words   Used in 3 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   テキ
Kun
   かたき enemy
Kun    あだ   かな
⿰   old trader   strike  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 敵 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 敵 is used 122 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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テキ : 110 words FIND ALL
0
lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital
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かたき : 7 words FIND ALL
3
noun (suffix), noun
1. rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe  (see also: , ; usu. pronounced がたき when used as a suffix)
noun
2. revenge
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かたき (read as がたき) : 3 words FIND ALL
5
noun
business rival; professional jealousy
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かな : 2 words FIND ALL
3
Most common form: かなわない
1. no match for  (often written with kana only)
2. unbearable  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 3 less common words include 敵 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 779 (originally: 756)  Joy o' Kanji : 756  Key to Kanji: 771 

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テキ   かたき enemy   
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old trader
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ショウ   trader   あきな to trade, deal in   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
bright   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ぼく strike   
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