Question

衝 つ.く 衝突(しょうとつ): collision; conflict衝撃(しょうげき): shock; crash; impact; ballistic S 行: going; journey重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold 行 6 (none) collide 衝 【しょう】 (n) (1) important point (e.g. on a route); (2) important role (responsibility, etc.); (3) (astronomical) opposition. STORY:Two HEAVY trucks are playing a game of chicken on the BOULEVARD. However, they both missed the IMPORTANT POINT: that they have to turn in different directions. Naturally, they COLLIDE when they both turn in the same direction. (ty dingomick).

Accepted Answer

ショウ collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick 1 972 15 144 ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ 形声 Phonetic Two heavy trucks in a game of chicken collide while racing toward each other on the boulevard. 1680

Kanji	衝
Onyomi	ショウ
Kunyomi	つ.く
English	collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick
Examples	衝突(しょうとつ): collision; conflict 衝撃(しょうげき): shock; crash; impact; ballistic
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	972
Components	行: going; journey 重: heavy; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	行
Radical Number	144
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	ぎょう・ぎょうがまえ・いく・ゆきがまえ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	collide
Koohii Story 1	Two heavy trucks in a game of chicken collide while racing toward each other on the boulevard.
Koohii Story 2	衝【しょう】 (n) (1) important point (e.g. on a route); (2) important role (responsibility, etc.); (3) (astronomical) opposition. STORY:Two HEAVY trucks are playing a game of chicken on the BOULEVARD. However, they both missed the IMPORTANT POINT: that they have to turn in different directions. Naturally, they COLLIDE when they both turn in the same direction. (ty dingomick).
RTK Index	1680

Collide Important 衝 Heavy Trucks Game Chicken Boulevard