突 – stab, protruding, thrust

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#521 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 突 means stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トツ、カ (totsu, ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つ.く (tsuku). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 穴 (no. 116).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トツ	totsu
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	つ.く	tsuku

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: 穴 (Kangxi radical 116). Components: 穴・大・儿・宀.

Words using 突

衝突しょうとつcollision突くつくto prick突然とつぜんabrupt煙突えんとつchimney突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)突き当たりつきあたりend (of a street, hallway, etc.)突き当たるつきあたるto run into突如とつじょsuddenly突破とっぱbreaking through突くつつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)突っ張るつっぱるto cramp up突っ突くつっつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)

Example sentences

車がトラックに衝突した。

The car collided with a truck.

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日米の利害がこの点で衝突した。

Japanese and American interests clashed on this point.

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針で親指を突いてしまった。

I pricked my thumb with a needle.

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Kanji with the same radical

空究窓穴窮窒

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