触 – contact, touch, feel

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#904 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 触 means contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショク (shoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふ.れる、さわ.る、さわ (fureru, sawaru, sawa). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 角 (no. 148).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショク	shoku
Kun’yomi	ふ.れる	fureru
Kun’yomi	さわ.る	sawaru
Kun’yomi	さわ	sawa

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: 角 (Kangxi radical 148). Components: 角・虫.

Words using 触

触るさわるto touch触れるふれるto touch感触かんしょくfeel (of something)接触せっしょくtouch

Example sentences

触らぬ神に祟りなし。

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Tatoeba #145943

何かが足に触れるのを感じた。

I felt something touch my feet.

Tatoeba #188117

これはシルクの感触だ。

This feels like silk.

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Kanji with the same radical

解角

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