I Love Kanji叩く (hataku)
叩く (はたく, hataku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to dust; to remove dust”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- はたく
- Romaji
- hataku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to dust; to remove dust · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to slap; to hit (with the palm) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to use up money · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 叩く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 叩く | はたく hataku |
| Polite (~masu) | 叩きます | はたきます hatakimasu |
| Negative | 叩かない | はたかない hatakanai |
| Polite negative | 叩きません | はたきません hatakimasen |
| Past | 叩いた | はたいた hataita |
| Polite past | 叩きました | はたきました hatakimashita |
| Negative past | 叩かなかった | はたかなかった hatakanakatta |
| Te-form | 叩いて | はたいて hataite |
| Potential | 叩ける | はたける hatakeru |
| Passive | 叩かれる | はたかれる hatakareru |
| Causative | 叩かせる | はたかせる hatakaseru |
| Volitional | 叩こう | はたこう hatakou |
| Imperative | 叩け | はたけ hatake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 叩けば | はたけば hatakeba |
Kanji in 叩く
Source: JMdict entry 2829135 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.