蹴 – kick

19 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2377 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 蹴 means kick. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュク、シュウ (shuku, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is け.る (keru). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 足 (no. 157).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュク	shuku
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	け.る	keru

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: 足 (Kangxi radical 157). Components: ノ・乙・口・小・足・丶・亠・尤・尢・止.

Words using 蹴

蹴るけるto kick蹴飛ばすけとばすto kick (hard)

Example sentences

ごめん！蹴飛ばすつもりじゃなかったんだ。

I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to kick you.

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Kanji with the same radical

足路踏躍跡踊践跳躓跨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.