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Bow 弾 ダン、タン ひ.く、 ひ.き、はず.む、たま、はじ.く、はじ.ける、ただ.す、はじ.きゆみ Bullet Twang Flip Snap

Kanji
Onyomi ダン、タン
Kunyomi ひ.く、-ひ.き、はず.む、たま、はじ.く、はじ.ける、ただ.す、はじ.きゆみ
English bullet, twang, flip, snap
Examples 爆弾(ばくだん): bomb
弾力(だんりょく): elasticity; flexibility
弾む(はずむ): to spring; to bound; to bounce; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively; to treat oneself to; to splurge on
弾く(はじく): (1) to flip; to snap; to flick (2) to repel (3) to use (an abacus); to calculate (4) to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
弾く(ひく): to play (piano, guitar)
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 853
Components 弓: bow; bow (archery, violin)
単: simple; one; single; merely
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 57
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading ゆみ・ゆみへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword bullet
Koohii Story 1 Hunting with a bow is too complicated. I´m switching to something simpler--using a bullet.
Koohii Story 2 The bow was a weapon for simple times, but nowadays it has been replaced by bullets.
RTK Index 1931

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_human.activities_fighting

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