Kanji Details:
- 挑
- Frequency:989
- Kun: いど.む
- On: チョウ
- Meaning: challenge, contend for, make love to
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 挑戦 ちょうせん challenge, defiance 挑発 ちょうはつ provocation, stirring up, arousal 挑発的 ちょうはつてき provocative, suggestive, lascivious 挑む いどむ to challenge, to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for, to tackle; to pressure someone for sex, to woo, to make love to 挑戦者 ちょうせんしゃ challenger 挑撥 ちょうはつ provocation, stirring up, arousal 挑戦状 ちょうせんじょう written challenge 戦いを挑む たたかいをいどむ to challenge (a person) to a fight 戦争挑戦国 せんそうちょうせんくに warmonger 挑戦いかに ちょうせんいかに How dare you!