Dong Chinese dictionary

dí

enemy

Simplified form of 敵. Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 啻 represents the sound.

Components

shé

tongue

Shorthand for the 啻 component in the traditional character 敵.

攵 Meaning component

pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

dí

enemy, foe, rival; resist; enemy; to be a match for; to rival; to resist; to withstand

Most common words with 敌

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