打 – strike, hit, knock

5 strokesTaught in grade 3#239 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 打 means strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ダ、ダース (da, daasu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.つ、う.ち-、ぶ.つ (utsu, uchi, butsu). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ダ	da
On’yomi	ダース	daasu
Kun’yomi	う.つ	utsu
Kun’yomi	う.ち-	uchi
Kun’yomi	ぶ.つ	butsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 亅・扎.

Words using 打

打つうつto hit打つぶつto hit (someone)打合せうちあわせ(preparatory) meeting打ち消すうちけすto deny打開だかいbreak in the deadlock打撃だげきblow値打ちねうちvalue打ち切るうちきるto stop打ち消しうちけしnegation打ち込むうちこむto drive in (a nail, stake, etc.)打ち明けるうちあけるto confide

Example sentences

階段から落ちて背中を強く打ちました。

I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.

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８時をちょうど打ちましたね。

It has just struck eight, hasn't it?

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雨が窓を打った。

The rain whipped against the window.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投提挙援担技撃推接授摘批捜

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