I Love Kanji突く (tsuku)
突く (つく, tsuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to prick; to stab”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つく
- Romaji
- tsuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to prick; to stab · godan verb, transitive
- to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge · godan verb, transitive
- to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
- to attack · godan verb, transitive
- to brave (the rain, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 突く
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 | 突く | つく tsuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 突きます | つきます tsukimasu |
| Negative | 突かない | つかない tsukanai |
| Polite negative | 突きません | つきません tsukimasen |
| Past | 突いた | ついた tsuita |
| Polite past | 突きました | つきました tsukimashita |
| Negative past | 突かなかった | つかなかった tsukanakatta |
| Te-form | 突いて | ついて tsuite |
| Potential | 突ける | つける tsukeru |
| Passive | 突かれる | つかれる tsukareru |
| Causative | 突かせる | つかせる tsukaseru |
| Volitional | 突こう | つこう tsukou |
| Imperative | 突け | つけ tsuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 突けば | つけば tsukeba |
Kanji in 突く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 突く.
衝突しょうとつcollision突然とつぜんabrupt煙突えんとつchimney突っ込むつっこむto thrust (something) into (something)突き当たりつきあたりend (of a street, hallway, etc.)突き当たるつきあたるto run into突如とつじょsuddenly突破とっぱbreaking through突っ張るつっぱるto cramp up突っ突くつっつくto poke (repeatedly, lightly)
Source: JMdict entry 1456890 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.