敌 dí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 舌 — tongue
- Made of
- 舌 tongue 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
敌人
dírén
enemy
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 敌人来了。 Dírén lái le. The enemy is coming.
- 我不怕敌人。 Wǒ bú pà dírén. I am not afraid of the enemy.
- 敌人很强。 Dírén hěn qiáng. The enemy is very strong.