# 的 — Target

Frequency rank 24 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 気 (Energy), less common than 二 (Two).

- On’yomi: てき
- Kun’yomi: まと
- Radical: 白 White (Kangxi 106)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 8

A painted circle sits on a hay bale in the middle of a field.

In words:

- 的 てき — -like;typical
- 的確 てきかく — precise,accurate
- 目的 もくてき — purpose,goal,aim,objective,intention

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