的

音読おんよみ: テキ

訓読くんよみ: まと

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 白(しろ)

Meaning

Target / Objective / Suffix

  • 目的もくてき — purpose / goal
  • 的確てきかく — precise / accurate
  • 文化的ぶんかてき — cultural
  • 歴史的れきしてき — historical
  • 美的びてき — aesthetic

的 originally depicted a target or bullseye. Over time, it evolved into a productive suffix in Japanese, attaching to nouns to form adjectives (科学的 = scientific, 歴史的 = historical). Its frequency in modern written Japanese is extremely high.

かれかんがえは 論理ろんりてきです。
His thinking is logical.

まとたった!
It hit the target!

必
Creates
目的もくてき — purpose / goal
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