適

See also: 适

適 U+9069, 適 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9069 ← 遨 [U+9068] CJK Unified Ideographs 遪 → [U+906A]

㊜ U+329C, ㊜ CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SUITABLE ← ㊛ [U+329B] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊝ → [U+329D]

Translingual

Han character

適 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜金月 (YYCB), four-corner 3030₂, composition ⿺辶啇)

Derived characters

• 擿, 㰅, 瓋, 讁, 藡, 𠐝, 𡂓, 𡣪, 𤁷, 𤑦, 𤢼, 𥖾, 𨮹, 𢤊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39076
• Dae Jaweon: page 1759, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3877, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9069

Chinese

trad.		適
simp.		适*
alternative forms		𨗁 啻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 適
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

	Old Chinese
膪	*rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥	*tʰeds, *teː
腣	*teː, *teːɡs
諦	*teːɡs
偙	*teːɡs
渧	*teːɡs
帝	*teːɡs
楴	*tʰeːɡs
啼	*deː
蹄	*deː
締	*deː, *deːɡs
崹	*deː
鶙	*deː
禘	*deːɡs
啻	*hljeɡs
嫡	*rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘	*rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫	*rteːɡ
讁	*rteːɡ
擿	*deɡ
蹢	*deɡ, *teːɡ
適	*tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇	*teːɡ
滴	*teːɡ
鏑	*teːɡ
甋	*teːɡ
樀	*teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵	*deːɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (帝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 啻 (OC *hljeɡs).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	適	適
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	施隻切	之石切
Baxter	syek	tsyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/t͡ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/ciajk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	zik1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	適	適
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syek ›	‹ syek ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tek/	/*s-tek/
English	go to	scared
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	適	適
Reading #	2/3	1/3
No.	2330	2329
Phonetic component	帝	帝
Rime group	錫	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	釋	隻
Old Chinese	/*hljeɡ/	/*tjeɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳt / tit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sed⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): sék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sek / siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt / tit
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ / did^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ / did⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚²/, /tit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sət̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
    • Tâi-lô: siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq
    • MiniDict: seh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syek, tsyek

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljeɡ/, /*tjeɡ/

Definitions

適

1. to go; to proceed (to a place)

   • 大夫七十而致事。若不得謝，則必賜之几杖，行役以婦人。適四方，乘安車。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大夫七十而致事。若不得谢，则必赐之几杖，行役以妇人。适四方，乘安车。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Dàfū qīshí ér zhìshì. Ruò bùdé xiè, zé bì cì zhī jīzhàng, xíngyì yǐ fùrén. Shì sìfāng, chéng ānjū. [Pinyin]

     A great officer, when he is seventy, should resign (his charge of) affairs.
     If he be not allowed to resign, there must be given him a stool and staff.
     When travelling on service, he must have the attendance of his wife.
     When going to any other state, he will ride in an easy carriage.

   • 三人行而一人惑，所適者猶可致也，惑者少也；二人惑則勞而不至，惑者勝也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     三人行而一人惑，所适者犹可致也，惑者少也；二人惑则劳而不至，惑者胜也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Sān rén xíng ér yī rén huò, suǒ shì zhě yóu kě zhì yě, huò zhě shǎo yě; èr rén huò zé láo ér bù zhì, huò zhě shèng yě. [Pinyin]

     If three men be walking together, and (only) one of them be under a delusion (as to their way), they may yet reach their goal [i.e. place they are going to], the deluded being the fewer; but if two of them be under the delusion, they will not do so, the deluded being the majority.

   1. to incline towards; (of the popular feeling) to tend towards; to turn towards
   2. (of a girl) to get married; to marry
   3. to follow; to submit to; to comply with
   4. to fit; to suit; to accord with
2. towards; to
3. to get; to obtain
   1. to control; to restrict; to moderate
   2. to regulate; to adjust; to measure
   3. to meet; to encounter
4. fitting; proper; suitable; appropriate
   1. good; fine; adequate
   2. happy; joyful; contented
   3. at ease; comfortable; cosy
5. by chance; as it happens; as luck would have it
   1. occasionally; from time to time
   2. if; assuming
   3. just (now); only

   • 近世各國所謂民權制度，往往為資產階級所專有，適成為壓迫平民之工具。 [MSC, trad.]
     近世各国所谓民权制度，往往为资产阶级所专有，适成为压迫平民之工具。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, 孫中山 (Sun Yat-sen), 《中國國民黨第一次全國代表大會宣言》 (Manifesto of the First National Congress of the Kuomintang), translation based on

     Jìnshì gèguó suǒwèi mínquán zhìdù, wǎngwǎng wéi zīchǎnjiējí suǒ zhuānyǒu, shì chéngwéi yāpò píngmín zhī gōngjù. [Pinyin]

     The so-called democratic system in modern states is usually monopolized by the bourgeoisie and has become simply an instrument for oppressing the common people.

6. (historical) collar of the mourning gown
7. a surname

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		會, 適
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的
	Langfang	正好兒
	Harbin	正巧
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	碰巧兒
	Cangzhou	正巧兒
	Baoding	碰巧
	Shijiazhuang	正巧兒
	Jinan	正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	趕巧兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	碰巧, 湊巧
	Daming	正好兒
	Wanrong	剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙
	Xi'an	正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的
	Xining	正好
	Xuzhou	驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	湊巧, 恰巧
	Lanzhou	將巧
	Ürümqi	剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰
	Wuhan	正巧, 恰恰, 神神
	Guiyang	恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧
	Kunming	剛好, 恰恰的
	Liuzhou	扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	正, 將將
	Yangzhou	剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好
	Nantong	碰巧
	Hefei	正好, 將好, 碰巧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線
	Hong Kong	咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱
	Macau	啱啱
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	啱啱好
	Foshan	啱好
	Foshan (Sanshui)	啱啱好
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	啱啱
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	啱算
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	啱算
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	啱啱
	Taishan	碰啱
	Heshan (Yayao)	啱啱好
	Dongguan	啱先
	Yangjiang	哏好, 啱
	Xinyi	啱好, 啱啱
Gan	Nanchang	合適, 碰巧
	Lichuan	剛好
	Pingxiang	嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光
Hakka	Meixian	啱好, 啱啱
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	啱啱
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	啱算
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	啱啱
	Yudu	將好, 剛好
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	堵好, 堵堵好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	堵好, 堵堵好
Huizhou	Jixi	剛好
Jin	Taiyuan	剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧
	Xinzhou	正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒
	Zhangjiakou	剛巧
	Handan	正好兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頃頃好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	正正好, 堵堵好
Southern Min	Xiamen	對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好
	Quanzhou	對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄千
	Zhangzhou	對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔
	Kaohsiung	拄好
	Yilan	拄好
	Changhua (Lukang)	拄好
	Taichung	拄好
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拄好
	Tainan	拄好
	Taitung	拄好
	Hsinchu	拄仔好
	Penghu (Magong)	拄好
	Zhangping	堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊
	Chaozhou	堵堵, 堵好
	Shantou	湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	啱
	Jieyang	堵堵, 堵遇, 合合, 合昘, 合嘬, 啱, 啱啱
	Puning	合事, 合合, 合昘
	Haikou	啱, 啱啱
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	正好
Wu	Shanghai	剛, 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛剛, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	剛, 剛剛
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	剛剛好
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	剛剛好, 正好子
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	剛剛好, 恰好
	Shanghai (Chongming)	正好, 剛, 剛剛
	Suzhou	剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調
	Wuxi	齊頭數, 齊巧
	Danyang	湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好
	Hangzhou	剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧
	Ningbo	剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧
	Wenzhou	恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒
	Jinhua	頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好
Xiang	Changsha	剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好
	Loudi	恰好, 正好
	Shuangfeng	正好

Dialectal synonyms of 恰巧 (“by chance; as it happens”) [map]

Compounds

• 不良適應 / 不良适应
• 不適 / 不适 (bùshì)
• 最適化 / 最适化 (zuìshìhuà)
• 刖足適屨 / 刖足适屦
• 刖趾適屨 / 刖趾适屦
• 刻足適屨 / 刻足适屦
• 削足適履 / 削足适履 (xuēzúshìlǚ)
• 削趾適屨 / 削趾适屦
• 北轅適楚 / 北辕适楚
• 合適 / 合适 (héshì)
• 各適其適 / 各适其适 (gèshìqíshì)
• 安適 / 安适 (ānshì)
• 安適如常 / 安适如常
• 心適 / 心适 (sim-sek) (Min Nan)
• 恬適 / 恬适
• 悠然自適 / 悠然自适
• 截趾適屨 / 截趾适屦
• 改適 / 改适
• 普適 / 普适 (pǔshì)
• 會逢其適 / 会逢其适
• 無所適從 / 无所适从 (wúsuǒshìcóng)
• 社會調適 / 社会调适
• 視覺適應 / 视觉适应
• 自適 / 自适 (zìshì)
• 舒適 / 舒适 (shūshì)
• 調適 / 调适 (tiáoshì)
• 適中 / 适中 (shìzhōng)
• 適中下懷 / 适中下怀
• 適人 / 适人
• 適任 / 适任 (shìrèn)
• 適來 / 适来 (shìlái)
• 適值 / 适值 (shìzhí)
• 適切 / 适切 (shìqiè)
• 適口 / 适口
• 適可而止 / 适可而止 (shìkě'érzhǐ)
• 適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
• 適婚年齡 / 适婚年龄
• 適宜 / 适宜 (shìyí)
• 適度 / 适度 (shìdù)
• 適從 / 适从 (shìcóng)
• 適得其反 / 适得其反 (shìdéqífǎn)
• 適得其所 / 适得其所 (shìdéqísuǒ)
• 適性 / 适性 (shìxìng)
• 適悶 / 适闷
• 適意 / 适意 (shìyì)
• 適應 / 适应 (shìyìng)
• 適才 / 适才 (shìcái)
• 適時 / 适时 (shìshí)
• 適材適用 / 适材适用
• 適然 / 适然
• 適用 / 适用 (shìyòng)
• 適當 / 适当 (shìdàng)
• 適者生存 / 适者生存 (shìzhě shēngcún)
• 適逢其會 / 适逢其会
• 適量 / 适量 (shìliàng)
• 適銷 / 适销
• 適銷對路 / 适销对路
• 適間 / 适间 (shìjiān)
• 適齡 / 适龄 (shìlíng)
• 閒適 / 闲适 (xiánshì)
• 難易適中 / 难易适中
• 順適 / 顺适 (shùnshì)

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	適
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都歷切
Baxter	tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/tek̚/
Wang Li	/tiek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	di
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	適
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyek ›
Old Chinese	/*tek/
English	go to
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	適
Reading #	3/3
No.	2332
Phonetic component	帝
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	的
Old Chinese	/*teːɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí (di²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dik¹
    • Yale: dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tek

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːɡ/

Definitions

適

1. to devote; to dedicate (to one thing)

   • 子曰：「君子之於天下也，無適也，無莫也，義之與比。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「君子之于天下也，无适也，无莫也，义之与比。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ zhī yú tiānxià yě, wú dí yě, wú mò yě, yì zhī yǔ bǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, “The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.”

2. Alternative form of 嫡 (dí, “legal wife; legal wife's son”)

Compounds

• 嗣適 / 嗣适
• 無適無莫 / 无适无莫
• 適孫 / 适孙
• 適莫 / 适莫

 

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tik¹
    • Yale: tīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

適

1. Only used in 適適 (“frightened; at a loss”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhé (zhe²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
    • Wade–Giles: chê²
    • Yale: jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶
    • Yale: jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚²/

Definitions

適

1. Alternative form of 謫 / 谪 (zhé, “to blame; to punish; to banish; fault”)

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí (di²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dik⁶
    • Yale: dihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚²/

Definitions

適

1. Alternative form of 敵 / 敌 (dí, “enemy; to rival”)

Japanese

Shinjitai	適
Kyūjitai [1][2][3][4]	適󠄁 適+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	適󠄄 適+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
	適󠄃 適+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 適

適

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to go
2. fit, suitable, appropriate

Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)、じゃく (jaku)、ちゃく (chaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki)、てき (teki, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: てき (teki, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku, 適く)、むく (muku, 適く)、とつぐ (totsugu, 適ぐ)、かなう (kanau, 適う)^{←かなふ (kanafu, 適ふ, historical)}、かなえる (kanaeru, 適える)^{←かなへる (kanaferu, 適へる, historical)}、あう (au, 適う)^{←あふ (afu, 適ふ, historical)}、たまたま (tamatama, 適)、ただ (tada, 適だ)、まさに (masani, 適に)、たとい (tatoi, 適い)^{←たとひ (tatofi, 適ひ, historical)}
• Nanori: あたる (ataru)、あつ (atsu)、あり (ari)、かなう (kanau)、かのう (kanō)、まさ (masa)、ゆき (yuki)、ゆく (yuku)、より (yori)

Compounds

Compounds

• 適(せき)人(じん) (sekijin)
• 適(たく)過(か) (takuka)
• 適(たく)徙(し) (takushi)
• 適(たく)戍(じゅ) (takuju)
• 適(たく)卒(そつ) (takusotsu)
• 適(たく)民(みん) (takumin) (讁(たく)民(みん))
• 適(たま)間(ひま) (tamahima)
• 適(ちゃく)嗣(し) (chakushi) (嫡(ちゃく)嗣(し))
• 適(ちゃく)子(し) (chakushi) (嫡(ちゃく)子(し))
• 適(ちゃく)庶(しょ) (chakusho) (嫡(ちゃく)庶(しょ))
• 適(ちゃく)孫(そん) (chakuson) (嫡(ちゃく)孫(そん))
• 適(ちゃく)統(とう) (chakutō) (嫡(ちゃく)統(とう))
• 適(ちゃく)母(ぼ) (chakubo) (嫡(ちゃく)母(ぼ))
• 適(てき)意(い) (tekī)
• 適(てき)逸(いつ) (tekītsu)
• 適(てき)応(おう) (tekiō)
• 適(てき)温(おん) (tekion)
• 適(てき)可(か) (tekika)
• 適(てき)格(かく) (tekikaku)
• 適(てき)確(かく) (tekikaku) (的(てき)確(かく))
• 適(てき)願(がん) (tekigan)
• 適(てき)帰(き) (tekiki)
• 適(てき)期(き) (tekiki)
• 適(てき)宜(ぎ) (tekigi)
• 適(てき)義(ぎ) (tekigi)
• 適(てき)興(きょう) (tekikyō)
• 適(てき)業(ぎょう) (tekigyō)
• 適(てき)均(きん) (tekikin)
• 適(てき)孽(げつ) (tekigetsu)
• 適(てき)言(げん) (tekigen)
• 適(てき)口(こう) (tekikō)
• 適(てき)郊(こう) (tekikō)
• 適(てき)合(ごう) (tekigō)
• 適(てき)才(さい) (tekisai)
• 適(てき)材(ざい) (tekizai)
• 適(てき)作(さく) (tekisaku)
• 適(てき)志(し) (tekishi)
• 適(てき)嗣(し) (tekishi) (嫡(てき)嗣(し))
• 適(てき)士(し) (tekishi)
• 適(てき)子(し) (tekishi) (嫡(てき)子(し))
• 適(てき)時(じ) (tekiji)
• 適(てき)式(しき) (tekishiki)
• 適(てき)室(しつ) (tekishitsu)
• 適(てき)実(じつ) (tekijitsu)
• 適(てき)者(しゃ) (tekisha)
• 適(てき)者(しゃ)生(せい)存(ぞん) (tekisha seizon): survival of the fittest
• 適(てき)充(じゅう) (tekijū)
• 適(てき)従(じゅう) (tekijū)
• 適(てき)所(しょ) (tekisho)
• 適(てき)庶(しょ) (tekisho) (嫡(てき)庶(しょ))
• 適(てき)職(しょく) (tekishoku)
• 適(てき)情(じょう) (tekijō)
• 適(てき)心(しん) (tekishin)
• 適(てき)寝(しん) (tekishin)
• 適(てき)性(せい) (tekisei)
• 適(てき)生(せい) (tekisei)
• 適(てき)正(せい) (tekisei)
• 適(てき)切(せつ) (tekisetsu): appropriate, suitable, proper
• 適(てき)然(ぜん) (tekizen)
• 適(てき)俗(ぞく) (tekizoku)
• 適(てき)孫(そん) (tekison) (嫡(てき)孫(そん))
• 適(てき)体(たい) (tekitai)
• 適(てき)地(ち) (tekichi)
• 適(てき)中(ちゅう) (tekichū) (的(てき)中(ちゅう))
• 適(てき)長(ちょう) (tekichō) (嫡(てき)長(ちょう))
• 適(てき)丁(てい) (tekitei)
• 適(てき)適(てき) (tekiteki)
• 適(てき)度(ど) (tekido)
• 適(てき)当(とう) (tekitō)
• 適(てき)任(にん) (tekinin)
• 適(てき)莫(ばく) (tekibaku)
• 適(てき)否(ひ) (tekihi)
• 適(てき)評(ひょう) (tekihyō)
• 適(てき)婦(ふ) (tekifu)
• 適(てき)不(ふ)適(てき) (tekifuteki)
• 適(てき)変(へん) (tekihen)
• 適(てき)母(ぼ) (tekibo) (嫡(てき)母(ぼ))
• 適(てき)法(ほう) (tekihō)
• 適(てき)味(み) (tekimi)
• 適(てき)役(やく) (tekiyaku)
• 適(てき)訳(やく) (tekiyaku)
• 適(てき)薬(やく) (tekiyaku)
• 適(てき)用(よう) (tekiyō)
• 適(てき)欲(よく) (tekiyoku)
• 適(てき)来(らい) (tekirai)
• 適(てき)理(り) (tekiri)
• 適(てき)量(りょう) (tekiryō)
• 適(てき)例(れい) (tekirei)
• 適(てき)齢(れい) (tekirei)
• 適(てき)歴(れき) (tekireki)
• 安(あん)適(てき) (anteki)
• 意(い)適(てき) (iteki)
• 栄(えい)適(てき) (eiteki)
• 宴(えん)適(てき) (enteki)
• 快(かい)適(てき) (kaiteki)
• 酣(かん)適(てき) (kanteki)
• 閑(かん)適(てき), 間(かん)適(てき) (kanteki)
• 歓(かん)適(てき) (kanteki)
• 宜(ぎ)適(てき) (giteki)
• 好(こう)適(てき) (kōteki)
• 自(じ)適(てき) (jiteki)
• 時適
• 首適
• 順(じゅん)適(てき) (junteki)
• 舒(じょ)適(てき) (joteki)
• 賞(しょう)適(てき) (shōteki)
• 縦(しょう)適(てき) (shōteki)
• 情適
• 心適
• 神適
• 正(せい)適(ちゃく) (seichaku) (正(せい)嫡(ちゃく))
• 正(せい)適(てき) (seiteki)
• 清(せい)適(てき) (seiteki)
• 切適
• 暢(ちょう)適(てき) (chōteki)
• 無(む)適(てき) (muteki)
• 愉適
• 利適
• 履適

Etymology

Kanji in this term
適
たまたま Grade: 5
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 適 – see the following entry.

【たまたま】 [adverb] unexpectedly, by chance; luckily Alternative spellings 偶, 偶々, 偶偶, 適ま

(This term, 適, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1. 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “適”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
2. “適”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
3. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2127 (paper), page 1115 (digital)
4. Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1228 (paper), page 627 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

適 • (jeok, cheok) (hangeul 적, 척, revised jeok, cheok, McCune–Reischauer chŏk, ch'ŏk, Yale cek, chek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

適: Hán Nôm readings: thích, thách, thếch

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