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適 - Suitable
Walking the road at dusk, you reach a secret base that only admits those who are Suitable, a throwback to 適 meaning 'to hit the mark'. Inside, a sensor pings 'teki-teki' (phonetic 啇, also seen in 滴 and 敵), while you remember that in Japanese '適当' can oddly mean both 'proper' and 'slapdash'—choose precisely or get denied.
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適 - Suitable
Index #996
Grade 5
14 strokes
JLPT Level: N3
Readings: テキ
Kanji Primes

Common Vocab

てきする 適する
to suit, to be suitable
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てきとう 適当
suitable, appropriate
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てきおう 適応
adaptation, adjustment
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てきせつ 適切
appropriate, adequate
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てきど 適度
moderate, proper
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