殴 – assault, hit, beat

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The kanji 殴 means assault, hit, beat, thrash. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オウ (ou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なぐ.る (naguru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 殳 (no. 79).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オウ	ou
Kun’yomi	なぐ.る	naguru

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: 殳 (Kangxi radical 79). Components: ノ・丶・匚・殳・几・又.

Words using 殴

殴るなぐるto strike

Example sentences

ジョージは彼の腹を殴った。

George hit him in the stomach.

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Kanji with the same radical

段殺殿殻

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