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打 う.つ、う.ち-、ぶ.つ strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen 3 239 5 64 て・てへん 会意 Compound Ideographic You´re using a hammer to drive a nail into a plank, but you miss and strike your fingers, ouch ! PS: the character does not mean "to go on strike", it will be very helpful in the long run to create images that convey the proper sense of the character!

Accepted Answer

ダ、ダアス うち 打撃(だげき): (1) blow; shock; strike; damage (2) batting (baseball)打つ(うつ): (1) to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound (2) to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.) (3) to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) (4) to move; to impress; to touch (5) to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject (6) to type; to send; to transmit (7) to insert; to write in; to mark (8) to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare (9) to till (soil) (10) to sprinkle; to throw; to cast (11) to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.) (12) to pay (a deposit, etc.) (13) to visit (on a pilgrimage) (14) to line (a coat) (15) to bind (a criminal)打ち込む(うちこむ): to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to devote oneself to; to shoot into; to smash; to throw into; to cast into打ち合わせ(うちあわせ): (1) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment; preparatory meeting (2) overlap (of a coat, etc.) (3) making something match exactly打消す(うちけす): (1) to deny; to contradict (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out打消し(うちけし): negation; denial; negative打開(だかい): break in the deadlock値打ち(ねうち): value; worth; price; dignity打ち切る(うちきる): to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close打ち明ける(うちあける): to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart打付ける(ぶつける): to knock; to run into; to nail on; to strike hard; to hit and attack; to try (an idea) on someone打(ダース): dozen打つ(ぶつ): to hit (a person); to strike; to beat打ち合わせる(うちあわせる): (1) to knock together (2) to arrange (e.g. a meeting)打つかる(ぶつかる): (1) to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict (2) to encounter; to meet (3) to clash 3 手: hand丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign 手 4 (none) strike My teacher used to strike my fingers with a street sign.

Kanji	打
Onyomi	ダ、ダアス
Kunyomi	う.つ、う.ち-、ぶ.つ
Nanori	うち
English	strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
Examples	打撃(だげき): (1) blow; shock; strike; damage (2) batting (baseball) 打つ(うつ): (1) to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound (2) to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.) (3) to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.) (4) to move; to impress; to touch (5) to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject (6) to type; to send; to transmit (7) to insert; to write in; to mark (8) to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare (9) to till (soil) (10) to sprinkle; to throw; to cast (11) to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.) (12) to pay (a deposit, etc.) (13) to visit (on a pilgrimage) (14) to line (a coat) (15) to bind (a criminal) 打ち込む(うちこむ): to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to devote oneself to; to shoot into; to smash; to throw into; to cast into 打ち合わせ(うちあわせ): (1) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment; preparatory meeting (2) overlap (of a coat, etc.) (3) making something match exactly 打消す(うちけす): (1) to deny; to contradict (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out 打消し(うちけし): negation; denial; negative 打開(だかい): break in the deadlock 値打ち(ねうち): value; worth; price; dignity 打ち切る(うちきる): to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close 打ち明ける(うちあける): to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart 打付ける(ぶつける): to knock; to run into; to nail on; to strike hard; to hit and attack; to try (an idea) on someone 打(ダース): dozen 打つ(ぶつ): to hit (a person); to strike; to beat 打ち合わせる(うちあわせる): (1) to knock together (2) to arrange (e.g. a meeting) 打つかる(ぶつかる): (1) to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict (2) to encounter; to meet (3) to clash
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	239
Components	手: hand 丁: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	strike
Koohii Story 1	You´re using a hammer to drive a nail into a plank, but you miss and strike your fingers, ouch ! PS: the character does not mean "to go on strike", it will be very helpful in the long run to create images that convey the proper sense of the character!
Koohii Story 2	My teacher used to strike my fingers with a street sign.

Strike Beat Drive Dozen Knock Hammer Cast E.G