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適

suitable
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingテキ
Kun readingかな.う
JōyōGrade 5
  1. to fit
  2. to suit

Popular Usage

適当快適

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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antique · vase · stand up (立) · hood (冂) · old (古) · tombstone · gravestone · church · ten (十) · needle (丨) · mouth (口) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 473

Compound words

適当てきとう
suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit
快適かいてき
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
適するてきする
to fit; to suit
適用するてきようする
to apply
最適さいてき
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
適応てきおう
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
適格てきかく
eligible; qualified; competent
適宜てきぎ
suitable; appropriate; fitting; proper; appropriately
適合てきごう
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
適性てきせい
aptitude; aptness; suitability
適正てきせい
reasonable; suitable
適切てきせつ
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper
適度てきど
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
適法てきほう
legal; lawful; legitimate
適用てきよう
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
適量てきりょう
proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose
適時てきじ
timely; opportune
適齢てきれい
suitable age
適齢期てきれいき
suitable age (esp. for marriage); marriageable age
不適切ふてきせつ
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
不適当ふてきとう
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
好適こうてき
ideal
素適すてき
lovely
適確てきかく
accurate

Additional Examples

彼は彼女に劣らずその仕事に適している。
He is no less qualified for the job than she is.tatoeba
彼は適度な量のコーヒーを飲む。
He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.tatoeba
包丁等で適当な厚さに切って食べる。
Mochi is cut into pieces having the proper thickness with a knife, etc., to be eaten.wiki
社会・人生の区切りとして20年が適当である。
20 years can be considered an appropriate period to mark the sections of an individual's life or changes in society.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 適

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