討 – chastise, attack, defeat

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#528 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 討 means chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.つ (utsu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	う.つ	utsu

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・寸.

Words using 討

討つうつto attack検討けんとうconsideration討論とうろんdebate討議とうぎdebate

Example sentences

私たちはその件を詳細に検討した。

We debated the matter at length.

Tatoeba #166410

私たちはとても活発な討論をした。

We had a very vigorous debate.

Tatoeba #166274

その問題が彼らによって討議されています。

They are discussing the problem.

Tatoeba #206517

Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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