# 適

| 適 | U+9069, &#36969; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9069 |
| ← 遨 [U+9068] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 遪 → [U+906A] |
| ㊜ | U+329C, &#12956; CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SUITABLE |
| ← ㊛ [U+329B] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㊝ → [U+329D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

適 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜金月 (YYCB), four-corner 3030$_2$, composition ⿺辶啇)

#### Derived characters

* 擿, 㰅, 瓋, 讁, 藡, 𠐝, 𡂓, 𡣪, 𤁷, 𤢼, 𱀿, 𤑦, 𥖾, 𲄏, 𨮹, 𢤊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39076
* Dae Jaweon: page 1759, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3877, character 8
* Unihan data for U+9069

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 適
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 膪 | *rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs |
| 揥 | *tʰeds, *teː |
| 腣 | *teː, *teːɡs |
| 諦 | *teːɡs |
| 偙 | *teːɡs |
| 渧 | *teːɡs |
| 帝 | *teːɡs |
| 楴 | *tʰeːɡs |
| 啼 | *deː |
| 蹄 | *deː |
| 締 | *deː, *deːɡs |
| 崹 | *deː |
| 鶙 | *deː |
| 禘 | *deːɡs |
| 啻 | *hljeɡs |
| 嫡 | *rteɡ, *teːɡ |
| 摘 | *rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ |
| 謫 | *rteːɡ |
| 讁 | *rteːɡ |
| 擿 | *deɡ |
| 蹢 | *deɡ, *teːɡ |
| 適 | *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ |
| 啇 | *teːɡ |
| 滴 | *teːɡ |
| 鏑 | *teːɡ |
| 甋 | *teːɡ |
| 樀 | *teːɡ, *deːɡ |
| 敵 | *deːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ): semantic 辶 + phonetic 啻 (OC *hljeɡs).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shì (shi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳt / tit
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sed$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sék
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sek / siak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$
*** Yale: shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$
*** Yale: sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt / tit
*** Hakka Romanization System: siid$^ˋ$ / did$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sid$^5$ / did$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚²/, /tit̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sət̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛiʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sih$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sih
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sih$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
*** Tâi-lô: sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
*** Tâi-lô: siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek
*** Sinological IPA : /sek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$seq
*** MiniDict: seh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$seq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: syek, tsyek
Rime :
| Character | 適 | 適 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 施隻切 | 之石切 |
| Baxter | syek | tsyek |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiᴇk̚/ | /t͡ɕiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɛk̚/ | /t͡ɕiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiæk̚/ | /t͡ɕiæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiajk̚/ | /ciajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɛk̚/ | /t͡ɕiɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭɛk̚/ | /t͡ɕĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ɛk̚/ | /t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shi | zhi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ | zik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljeɡ/, /*tjeɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 適 | 適 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 1/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shì | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syek › | ‹ syek › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-tek/ | /*s-tek/ |
| English | go to | scared |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 適 | 適 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 1/3 |
| No. | 2330 | 2329 |
| Phonetic component | 帝 | 帝 |
| Rime group | 錫 | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 釋 | 隻 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljeɡ/ | /*tjeɡ/ |

#### Definitions

適
* to go; to proceed (to a place)
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Dàfū qīshí ér zhìshì. Ruò bùdé xiè, zé bì cì zhī jīzhàng, xíngyì yǐ fùrén. Shì sìfāng, chéng ānjū. [Pinyin]
    A great officer, when he is seventy, should resign (his charge of) affairs. If he be not allowed to resign, there must be given him a stool and staff. When travelling on service, he must have the attendance of his wife. When going to any other state, he will ride in an easy carriage.
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Sān rén xíng ér yī rén huò, suǒ shì zhě yóu kě zhì yě, huò zhě shǎo yě; èr rén huò zé láo ér bù zhì, huò zhě shèng yě. [Pinyin]
    If three men be walking together, and (only) one of them be under a delusion (as to their way), they may yet reach their goal [i.e. place they are going to], the deluded being the fewer; but if two of them be under the delusion, they will not do so, the deluded being the majority.
** to incline towards; (of the popular feeling) to tend towards; to turn towards
** (of a girl) to get married; to marry
** to follow; to submit to; to comply with
** to fit; to suit; to accord with
* towards; to
* to get; to obtain
** to control; to restrict; to moderate
** to regulate; to adjust; to measure
** to meet; to encounter
* fitting; proper; suitable; appropriate
** good; fine; adequate
** happy; joyful; contented
** at ease; comfortable; cosy
* by chance; as it happens; as luck would have it
** occasionally; from time to time
** if; assuming
** just (now); only
    From: 1924, 孫中山 (Sun Yat-sen), 《中國國民黨第一次全國代表大會宣言》 (Manifesto of the First National Congress of the Kuomintang), translation based on
    Jìnshì gèguó suǒwèi mínquán zhìdù, wǎngwǎng wéi zīchǎnjiējí suǒ zhuānyǒu, shì chéngwéi yāpò píngmín zhī gōngjù. [Pinyin]
    The so-called democratic system in modern states is usually monopolized by the bourgeoisie and has become simply an instrument for oppressing the common people.
* (historical) collar of the mourning gown
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 會, 適 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 正好兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 正巧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 碰巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 正巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 碰巧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 正巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 趕巧兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 碰巧, 湊巧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 正好兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 正好 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 湊巧, 恰巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 將巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 正巧, 恰恰, 神神 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 剛好, 恰恰的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 正, 將將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 碰巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 正好, 將好, 碰巧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 啱算 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 啱算 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 碰啱 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 哏好, 啱 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 啱好, 啱啱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 合適, 碰巧 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剛好 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 啱好, 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 啱算 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 將好, 剛好 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剛好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 剛巧 |
| Jin | Handan | 正好兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頃頃好 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 正正好, 堵堵好 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄千 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拄仔好 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 堵堵, 堵好 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 啱 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 堵堵, 堵遇, 合合, 合昘, 合嘬, 啱, 啱啱 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 合事, 合合, 合昘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 啱, 啱啱 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 正好 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剛, 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛剛, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 剛, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 剛剛好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 剛剛好, 正好子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 剛剛好, 恰好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 正好, 剛, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 齊頭數, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Danyang | 湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 恰好, 正好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 正好 |

#### Compounds

* 不良適應 / 不良适应
* 不適 / 不适 (bùshì)
* 最適化 / 最适化 (zuìshìhuà)
* 刖足適屨 / 刖足适屦
* 刖趾適屨 / 刖趾适屦
* 刻足適屨 / 刻足适屦
* 削足適履 / 削足适履 (xuēzúshìlǚ)
* 削趾適屨 / 削趾适屦
* 北轅適楚 / 北辕适楚
* 合適 / 合适 (héshì)
* 各適其適 / 各适其适 (gèshìqíshì)
* 安適 / 安适 (ānshì)
* 安適如常 / 安适如常
* 心適 / 心适 (sim-sek) (Min Nan)
* 恬適 / 恬适
* 悠然自適 / 悠然自适
* 截趾適屨 / 截趾适屦
* 改適 / 改适
* 普適 / 普适 (pǔshì)
* 會逢其適 / 会逢其适
* 無所適從 / 无所适从 (wúsuǒshìcóng)
* 社會調適 / 社会调适
* 視覺適應 / 视觉适应
* 自適 / 自适 (zìshì)
* 舒適 / 舒适 (shūshì)
* 調適 / 调适 (tiáoshì)
* 適中 / 适中 (shìzhōng)
* 適中下懷 / 适中下怀
* 適人 / 适人
* 適任 / 适任 (shìrèn)
* 適來 / 适来 (shìlái)
* 適值 / 适值 (shìzhí)
* 適切 / 适切 (shìqiè)
* 適口 / 适口
* 適可而止 / 适可而止 (shìkě'érzhǐ)
* 適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
* 適婚年齡 / 适婚年龄
* 適宜 / 适宜 (shìyí)
* 適度 / 适度 (shìdù)
* 適從 / 适从 (shìcóng)
* 適得其反 / 适得其反 (shìdéqífǎn)
* 適得其所 / 适得其所 (shìdéqísuǒ)
* 適性 / 适性 (shìxìng)
* 適悶 / 适闷
* 適意 / 适意 (shìyì)
* 適應 / 适应 (shìyìng)
* 適才 / 适才 (shìcái)
* 適時 / 适时 (shìshí)
* 適材適用 / 适材适用
* 適然 / 适然
* 適用 / 适用 (shìyòng)
* 適當 / 适当 (shìdàng)
* 適者生存 / 适者生存 (shìzhě shēngcún)
* 適逢其會 / 适逢其会
* 適量 / 适量 (shìliàng)
* 適銷 / 适销
* 適銷對路 / 适销对路
* 適間 / 适间 (shìjiān)
* 適齡 / 适龄 (shìlíng)
* 閒適 / 闲适 (xiánshì)
* 難易適中 / 难易适中
* 順適 / 顺适 (shùnshì)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dí (di$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dí
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^2$
*** Yale: dí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dik$^1$
*** Yale: dīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tek
Rime :
| Character | 適 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都歷切 |
| Baxter | tek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tiek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | di |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*teːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 適 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyek › |
| Old Chinese | /*tek/ |
| English | go to |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 適 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 2332 |
| Phonetic component | 帝 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 的 |
| Old Chinese | /*teːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

適
* to devote; to dedicate (to one thing)
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ zhī yú tiānxià yě, wú dí yě, wú mò yě, yì zhī yǔ bǐ.” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, “The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.”
* Alternative form of 嫡 (dí, “legal wife; legal wife's son”)

#### Compounds

* 嗣適 / 嗣适
* 無適無莫 / 无适无莫
* 適孫 / 适孙
* 適莫 / 适莫

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tì (ti$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tì
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^4$
*** Yale: tì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tik$^1$
*** Yale: tīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɪk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

適
* Only used in 適適 (“frightened; at a loss”).

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhé (zhe$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^2$
*** Yale: jé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaak$^6$
*** Yale: jaahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːk̚²/

#### Definitions

適
* Alternative form of 謫 / 谪 (zhé, “to blame; to punish; to banish; fault”)

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dí (di$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dí
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^2$
*** Yale: dí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dik$^6$
*** Yale: dihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪk̚²/

#### Definitions

適
* Alternative form of 敵 / 敌 (dí, “enemy; to rival”)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 適 |
| Kyūjitai | 適󠄁 適+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 適󠄄 適+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
| Kyūjitai | 適󠄃 適+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* to go
* fit, suitable, appropriate

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)、じゃく (jaku)、ちゃく (chaku)
* Kan-on: せき (seki)、てき (teki, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: てき (teki, Jōyō)
* Kun: ゆく (yuku, 適く)、むく (muku, 適く)、とつぐ (totsugu, 適ぐ)、かなう (kanau, 適う)、かなえる (kanaeru, 適える)、あう (au, 適う)、たまたま (tamatama, 適)、ただ (tada, 適だ)、まさに (masani, 適に)、たとい (tatoi, 適い)
* Nanori: あたる (ataru)、あつ (atsu)、あり (ari)、かなう (kanau)、かのう (kanō)、まさ (masa)、ゆき (yuki)、ゆく (yuku)、より (yori)

#### Compounds

* 適(せき)人(じん) (sekijin)
* 適(たく)過(か) (takuka)
* 適(たく)徙(し) (takushi)
* 適(たく)戍(じゅ) (takuju)
* 適(たく)卒(そつ) (takusotsu)
* 適(たく)民(みん) (takumin) (讁(たく)民(みん))
* 適(たま)間(ひま) (tamahima)
* 適(ちゃく)嗣(し) (chakushi) (嫡(ちゃく)嗣(し))
* 適(ちゃく)子(し) (chakushi) (嫡(ちゃく)子(し))
* 適(ちゃく)庶(しょ) (chakusho) (嫡(ちゃく)庶(しょ))
* 適(ちゃく)孫(そん) (chakuson) (嫡(ちゃく)孫(そん))
* 適(ちゃく)統(とう) (chakutō) (嫡(ちゃく)統(とう))
* 適(ちゃく)母(ぼ) (chakubo) (嫡(ちゃく)母(ぼ))
* 適(てき)意(い) (tekī)
* 適(てき)逸(いつ) (tekītsu)
* 適(てき)応(おう) (tekiō)
* 適(てき)温(おん) (tekion)
* 適(てき)可(か) (tekika)
* 適(てき)格(かく) (tekikaku)
* 適(てき)確(かく) (tekikaku) (的(てき)確(かく))
* 適(てき)願(がん) (tekigan)
* 適(てき)帰(き) (tekiki)
* 適(てき)期(き) (tekiki)
* 適(てき)宜(ぎ) (tekigi)
* 適(てき)義(ぎ) (tekigi)
* 適(てき)興(きょう) (tekikyō)
* 適(てき)業(ぎょう) (tekigyō)
* 適(てき)均(きん) (tekikin)
* 適(てき)孽(げつ) (tekigetsu)
* 適(てき)言(げん) (tekigen)
* 適(てき)口(こう) (tekikō)
* 適(てき)郊(こう) (tekikō)
* 適(てき)合(ごう) (tekigō)
* 適(てき)才(さい) (tekisai)
* 適(てき)材(ざい) (tekizai)
* 適(てき)作(さく) (tekisaku)
* 適(てき)志(し) (tekishi)
* 適(てき)嗣(し) (tekishi) (嫡(てき)嗣(し))
* 適(てき)士(し) (tekishi)
* 適(てき)子(し) (tekishi) (嫡(てき)子(し))
* 適(てき)時(じ) (tekiji)
* 適(てき)式(しき) (tekishiki)
* 適(てき)室(しつ) (tekishitsu)
* 適(てき)実(じつ) (tekijitsu)
* 適(てき)者(しゃ) (tekisha)
* 適(てき)者(しゃ)生(せい)存(ぞん) (tekisha seizon): survival of the fittest
* 適(てき)充(じゅう) (tekijū)
* 適(てき)従(じゅう) (tekijū)
* 適(てき)所(しょ) (tekisho)
* 適(てき)庶(しょ) (tekisho) (嫡(てき)庶(しょ))
* 適(てき)職(しょく) (tekishoku)
* 適(てき)情(じょう) (tekijō)
* 適(てき)心(しん) (tekishin)
* 適(てき)寝(しん) (tekishin)
* 適(てき)性(せい) (tekisei)
* 適(てき)生(せい) (tekisei)
* 適(てき)正(せい) (tekisei)
* 適(てき)切(せつ) (tekisetsu): appropriate, suitable, proper
* 適(てき)然(ぜん) (tekizen)
* 適(てき)俗(ぞく) (tekizoku)
* 適(てき)孫(そん) (tekison) (嫡(てき)孫(そん))
* 適(てき)体(たい) (tekitai)
* 適(てき)地(ち) (tekichi)
* 適(てき)中(ちゅう) (tekichū) (的(てき)中(ちゅう))
* 適(てき)長(ちょう) (tekichō) (嫡(てき)長(ちょう))
* 適(てき)丁(てい) (tekitei)
* 適(てき)適(てき) (tekiteki)
* 適(てき)度(ど) (tekido)
* 適(てき)当(とう) (tekitō)
* 適(てき)任(にん) (tekinin)
* 適(てき)莫(ばく) (tekibaku)
* 適(てき)否(ひ) (tekihi)
* 適(てき)評(ひょう) (tekihyō)
* 適(てき)婦(ふ) (tekifu)
* 適(てき)不(ふ)適(てき) (tekifuteki)
* 適(てき)変(へん) (tekihen)
* 適(てき)母(ぼ) (tekibo) (嫡(てき)母(ぼ))
* 適(てき)法(ほう) (tekihō)
* 適(てき)味(み) (tekimi)
* 適(てき)役(やく) (tekiyaku)
* 適(てき)訳(やく) (tekiyaku)
* 適(てき)薬(やく) (tekiyaku)
* 適(てき)用(よう) (tekiyō)
* 適(てき)欲(よく) (tekiyoku)
* 適(てき)来(らい) (tekirai)
* 適(てき)理(り) (tekiri)
* 適(てき)量(りょう) (tekiryō)
* 適(てき)例(れい) (tekirei)
* 適(てき)齢(れい) (tekirei)
* 適(てき)歴(れき) (tekireki)
* 安(あん)適(てき) (anteki)
* 意(い)適(てき) (iteki)
* 栄(えい)適(てき) (eiteki)
* 宴(えん)適(てき) (enteki)
* 快(かい)適(てき) (kaiteki)
* 酣(かん)適(てき) (kanteki)
* 閑(かん)適(てき), 間(かん)適(てき) (kanteki)
* 歓(かん)適(てき) (kanteki)
* 宜(ぎ)適(てき) (giteki)
* 好(こう)適(てき) (kōteki)
* 自(じ)適(てき) (jiteki)
* 時適
* 首適
* 順(じゅん)適(てき) (junteki)
* 舒(じょ)適(てき) (joteki)
* 賞(しょう)適(てき) (shōteki)
* 縦(しょう)適(てき) (shōteki)
* 情適
* 心適
* 神適
* 正(せい)適(ちゃく) (seichaku) (正(せい)嫡(ちゃく))
* 正(せい)適(てき) (seiteki)
* 清(せい)適(てき) (seiteki)
* 切適
* 暢(ちょう)適(てき) (chōteki)
* 無(む)適(てき) (muteki)
* 愉適
* 利適
* 履適

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 適
* たまたま Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 適 – see the following entry. :
| 【たまたま】 | [adverb] unexpectedly, by chance; luckily Alternative spellings 偶, 偶々, 偶偶, 適ま |
(This term, 適, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “適”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ “適”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2127 (paper), page 1115 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1228 (paper), page 627 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

適 • (jeok, cheok) (hangeul 적, 척, revised jeok, cheok, McCune–Reischauer chŏk, ch'ŏk, Yale cek, chek)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

適: Hán Nôm readings: thích, thách, thếch
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