敌

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(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

攵 meaning “strike” + 啇 sound

Components 舌攵

enemy · Heisig RSH #340

taskmaster + 舌 tongue

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
敌特分子	dí tè fèn zǐ	enemy agent; spy (esp. from a hostile foreign power)
人民公敌	rén mín gōng dí	the enemy of the people; the class enemy (Marxism)
万人之敌	wàn rén zhī dí	a match for ten thousand enemies
大敌当前	dà dí dāng qián	(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
敌对性	dí duì xìng	hostility; antagonism; adversarial; hostile
如临大敌	rú lín dà dí	lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom); fig. cautious; with great preoccupation; with st…
富可敌国	fù kě dí guó	having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom); extremely wealthy
万人敌	wàn rén dí	a match for ten thousand enemies
所向无敌	suǒ xiàng wú dí	to be invincible; unrivalled
化敌为友	huà dí wéi yǒu	to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
不敌	bù dí	no match for; cannot beat
敌人	dí rén	enemy; CL:個\|个[ge4]
敌国	dí guó	enemy country
与全世界为敌	yǔ quán shì jiè wéi dí	(idiom) to fight the whole world
敌地	dí dì	enemy territory
无敌	wú dí	unequalled; without rival; a paragon
天敌	tiān dí	predator; natural enemy
敌机	dí jī	enemy plane
敌手	dí shǒu	opponent; substantial adversary; worthy match; antagonist; in the enemy's hands
公敌	gōng dí	public enemy

Characters sharing the sound component 啇 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
啇 sound part	—	stalk, stem, root, foot, base
滴	dī	to drip; a drop of water
嫡	dí	wife, wife's child
谪	zhé	to censure, to blame; to exile, to banish
嘀	dī	to whisper
镝	dí	dysprosium