撲 – slap, strike, hit

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1283 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 撲 means slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボク (boku). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボク	boku

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: 王・人・并・羊・扎・二・大.

Words using 撲

相撲すもうsumo (wrestling)

Example sentences

ここでは私は議論を、なぜ相撲の好きな外国人が多いか、に限定したい。

Here, I'll confine this discussion to why many foreigners enjoy sumo.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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