English: bull's eye mark target object adjective ending	On-Yomi: テキ	Kun-Yomi: まと いくは ゆくは

Bushu (Radical) Info: 白 (しろ) – white

Henshall Mnemonic: white ladle makes good target

Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #105 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

• 積極的   [せっきょくてき]
  (adj-na) positive; active; proactive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 目的   [もくてき]
  (n) purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 消極的   [しょうきょくてき]
  (adj-na) passive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 的確   [てきかく]
  (adj-na,n) precise; accurate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 比較的   [ひかくてき]
  (adj-na) comparatively; relatively   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 的   [てき]
  (adj-na,suf) -like; typical   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 的   [まと]
  (n) mark; target   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 先天的   [せんてんてき]
  (adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 知的   [ちてき]
  (adj-na,n) intellectual   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 自発的   [じはつてき]
  (adj-na) spontaneous; voluntary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 抜本的   [ばっぽんてき]
  (adj-na) drastic; radical   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 楽天的   [らくてんてき]
  (adj-na,n) optimistic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 最終的   [さいしゅうてき]
  (adj-na) finally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 総合的   [そうごうてき]
  (adj-na) synthetic; comprehensive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 人道的   [じんどうてき]
  (adj-na,n) humane   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 近代的   [きんだいてき]
  (adj-na) modern   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 記録的   [きろくてき]
  (adj-na) record(-setting)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立体的   [りったいてき]
  (adj-na) three-dimensional   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 試験的   [しけんてき]
  (adj-na) experimental; provisional   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 標的   [ひょうてき]
  (n) target   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 独創的   [どくそうてき]
  (adj-na) creative; original   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 実質的   [じっしつてき]
  (adj-na) substantially   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重点的に   [じゅうてんてきに]
  mainly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 多角的   [たかくてき]
  (adj-na) multilateral; many-sided; diversified   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 庶民的   [しょみんてき]
  (adj-na) normal; natural; common   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 必然的   [ひつぜんてき]
  (adj-na) inevitable; necessary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 根本的   [こんぽんてき]
  (adj-na) fundamental; basic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 的確   [てっかく]
  (adj-na,n) precise; accurate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 的中   [てきちゅう]
  (n,vs) strike home; hit the mark; become realized   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 決定的   [けっていてき]
  (adj-na,n) definite; final; decisive; conclusive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 道義的責任   [どうぎてきせきにん]
  (n) moral obligation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 多元的   [たげんてき]
  (adj-na,n) pluralism; plurality   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 本格的   [ほんかくてき]
  (adj-na) full-blown; regular; genuine; earnest; normal; typical; fundamental; real   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 保守的   [ほしゅてき]
  (adj-na) conservative   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.