Entry
  1. Noun

    stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise

    禁酒法のしかれていた時代に、酒類密輸入の悪どい商売を腕ずくで自分の支配下におくために、てき屋たちは、おたがいに殺しあっていた。
    During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.

Also written テキ屋【テキや】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Kun
まと
On
テキ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
105 of 2500
Radical
white
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

いくはゆくは

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-5-3SKIP code
4c4.12The Kanji Dictionary
2762.0Four corner code
852deroo
7684Unicode hex code
1-37-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3097Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3867New Nelson (John Haig)
1125New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1444Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
69Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
73Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
39A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
635Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
372Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22692Morohashi
551A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
210Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
210Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
478sakade
753Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
578henshall3
511Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
7crowley
380Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.20busy_people
1364Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
69Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
de5, di2, di4Pinyin reading
jeogKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

Kun
On
オク
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
616 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
3r6.3The Kanji Dictionary
7721.4Four corner code
3772deroo
5c4bUnicode hex code
1-18-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1392Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1421New Nelson (John Haig)
3098New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3842Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1058Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
270A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1233Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
251Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7684Morohashi
236A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161sakade
160Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
256henshall3
319Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
236crowley
54Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
530Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1067Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu1Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level