挑 — kanji meaning “challenge”
挑
challenge, contend for, make love to
- Meanings
- challenge, contend for, make love to
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- いど.む
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #989 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- tiāo, tiǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 挑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑戦 | ちょうせん chousen | challenge; defiance; dare |
| 挑発 | ちょうはつ chouhatsu | provocation; stirring up; arousal |
| 挑む | いどむ idomu | to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to contend for |
| 挑発的 | ちょうはつてき chouhatsuteki | provocative; incendiary; inflammatory |
| 初挑戦 | はつちょうせん hatsuchousen | first challenge; first try |
| 挑戦者 | ちょうせんしゃ chousensha | challenger |
| 挑戦状 | ちょうせんじょう chousenjou | (written) challenge |
| 戦争挑発 | せんそうちょうはつ sensouchouhatsu | aggression; warmongering |
| 挑戦的 | ちょうせんてき chousenteki | challenging; defiant; provocative |
| 挑戦権 | ちょうせんけん chousenken | right to challenge; right to make a challenge |
| 再挑戦 | さいちょうせん saichousen | retry; another try; another go |
| 挑発行為 | ちょうはつこうい chouhatsukoui | provocative behaviour; provocative action |
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