對

See also 対, and 对

Translingual

Stroke order

shinjitai	対
simplified	对
traditional	對

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 丵 + 士 + 寸

Han character

對 (radical 41 寸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿土木戈 (TGDI), four-corner 3410₀, composition ⿰⿱业⺷寸)

1. correct, right
2. facing, opposed

Descendants

• 対 对

References

• KangXi: page 296, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7457
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 511, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C0D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

對 (simplified 对, jyutping deoi3, Yale deui3)

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Japanese

Kanji

對

Readings

• On: たい (tai), つい (tsui)
• Kun: こたえる (kotaeru), むかう (mukau), そろい (soroi), ならぶ (narabu), あいて (aite)

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Korean

Hanja

對 (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune-Reischauer tae)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

對 (simplified 对, pinyin duì (dui4), Wade-Giles tui⁴)

Compositions

對不起

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Vietnamese

Han character

對 (đối, đỗi, dối, đôi, nhói, tối, tụi)