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突 つ.く 衝突(しょうとつ): collision; conflict突破(とっぱ): breaking through; breakthrough; penetration突然(とつぜん): abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once煙突(えんとつ): (1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe (2) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter突如(とつじょ): suddenly; all of a sudden突っ込む(つっこむ): (1) to thrust something into something (2) to plunge into; to go into deeply (3) to meddle; to interfere (4) to retort (5) to riposte突っ張る(つっぱる): to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on突き当たる(つきあたる): to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street)突き当たり(つきあたり): end (e.g. of street, hallway, etc.)突く(つく): (1) to prick; to stab (2) to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike (3) to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.) (4) to attack (5) to brave (the rain, etc.)突く(つつく): (1) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (2) to peck at (one's food); to pick at (3) to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (4) to egg on; to put up to突っ突く(つっつく): (1) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (2) to peck at (one's food); to pick at (3) to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (4) to egg on; to put up to S 穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den大: large; big 穴 5 突 stab The police have recruited a special breed of St. Bernard that can lick the wounds of a stabbing victim. The bleeding will stop instantly, saving the victim´s life. One quirky side-effect, however, is that this treatment leaves behind a rather large hole...

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トツ、カ stab, protruding, thrusting, thrust, pierce, prick 3 521 8 116 あな・あなかんむり 会意 Compound Ideographic When you stab something you often leave a big hole. 1319

Kanji	突
Onyomi	トツ、カ
Kunyomi	つ.く
English	stab, protruding, thrusting, thrust, pierce, prick
Examples	衝突(しょうとつ): collision; conflict 突破(とっぱ): breaking through; breakthrough; penetration 突然(とつぜん): abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once 煙突(えんとつ): (1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe (2) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter 突如(とつじょ): suddenly; all of a sudden 突っ込む(つっこむ): (1) to thrust something into something (2) to plunge into; to go into deeply (3) to meddle; to interfere (4) to retort (5) to riposte 突っ張る(つっぱる): to support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on 突き当たる(つきあたる): to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street) 突き当たり(つきあたり): end (e.g. of street, hallway, etc.) 突く(つく): (1) to prick; to stab (2) to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike (3) to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.) (4) to attack (5) to brave (the rain, etc.) 突く(つつく): (1) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (2) to peck at (one's food); to pick at (3) to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (4) to egg on; to put up to 突っ突く(つっつく): (1) to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge (2) to peck at (one's food); to pick at (3) to peck at (someone's faults, etc.) (4) to egg on; to put up to
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	521
Components	穴: hole; aperture; slit; cave; den 大: large; big
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	穴
Radical Number	116
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	あな・あなかんむり
Traditional Form	突
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	stab
Koohii Story 1	When you stab something you often leave a big hole.
Koohii Story 2	The police have recruited a special breed of St. Bernard that can lick the wounds of a stabbing victim. The bleeding will stop instantly, saving the victim´s life. One quirky side-effect, however, is that this treatment leaves behind a rather large hole...
RTK Index	1319

One's Peck Stab 突 Thrust End Poke Repeatedly