衝 – collide, brunt, highway

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#972 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 衝 means collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つ.く (tsuku). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 行 (no. 144).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
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: 行 (Kangxi radical 144). Components: ｜・行・日・彳・里・ノ.

Words using 衝

衝突しょうとつcollision衝撃しょうげきimpact

Example sentences

車がトラックに衝突した。

The car collided with a truck.

Tatoeba #149140

日米の利害がこの点で衝突した。

Japanese and American interests clashed on this point.

Tatoeba #122845

バンパーが衝撃をいくらか吸収してくれた。

The car bumper absorbed some of the impact.

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Kanji with the same radical

行術衛街衡

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