朝敵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
朝	敵
ちょう Grade: 2	てき Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

/teuteki/ → /t͡ɕʲoːteki/ → /t͡ɕoːteki/

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese based on Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 朝 (chō, “the imperial court”) +‎ 敵 (teki, “enemy”).

First cited to a text from the early 1200s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーてき [chòótékí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːte̞kʲi]

Noun

朝(ちょう)敵(てき) • (chōteki) ^{←てうてき (teuteki)^?}

enemy of the emperor
- 1885, “抜刀隊(ばつたうたい) (Battōtai)”, 外山正一(とやままさかず) (Toyama Masakazu) (lyrics):
  
  我(われ)は官(くわん)軍(ぐん)我(わが)敵(てき)は　天地(てんち)容(い)れざる朝敵(てうてき)ぞ
  ware wa kangun waga teki wa tenchi irezaru chōteki zo
  I am the government army, and my enemy is the emperor's enemy condemned by both heaven and earth

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
朝	敵

Noun

朝敵 • (jojeok) (hangeul 조적)

hanja form^? of 조적