Character: 敵
Modern (Beijing) reading: dí
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhēk
Classic Old Chinese: dhēk
Western Han Chinese: dhēk
Eastern Han Chinese: dhiēk
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhiēk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhiēk
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhiēk
Middle Chinese: diek
English meaning : enemy; enmity
Russian meaning[s]: 1) враг, противник, неприятель; вражеский, неприятельский; враждебный; соперник; соревноваться; 2) партнер; пара; равняться; быть достойным один другого; равный, парный; 3) давать отпор; противиться
Comments: For *dh cf. Fuzhou thik8. The word is most probably of Altaic origin (*dagi 'enemy'), but has penetrated also some Austroasiatic languages (besides Vietnamese, cf. Bahnar *ʔdic, Old Khmer dik, Mon *dʔi:k 'slave').
Radical: 66
Four-angle index: 6206
Karlgren code: 0877 q
Vietnamese reading: d_ịch
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