stab, thrust, poke
On'yomi (音読み)
- トツ
- ツ
- ト
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- つく.る
- つ.く
- つ.っこむ
About this kanji
The kanji 突 primarily means to stab, thrust, or poke. It is commonly used in verbs, but also appears in nouns. Some representative compounds include 突発 (とっぱつ), meaning sudden occurrence, which often refers to unexpected events. Another compound is 突撃 (とつげき), which means charge, used in contexts like military assaults. There’s also 突き当たり (つきあたり), referring to the end of a street, where it typically indicates a dead end. A useful note is that this kanji can imply a sense of suddenness or force in both actions and situations.
Built from
Example sentences
彼は急に突き出してきた。
He suddenly thrust it out.
Meanings across languages
- English
- stab, thrust, poke
- Tiếng Việt
- đâm, thọc, xô
- 日本語
- 突く, 突っ込む, 突進
- 한국어
- 찌르다, 밀다
- 中文
- 刺, 推
- id
- tusuk, dorong
- th
- แทง, ผลัก
- es
- apuñalar, empujar
- fr
- coup, pousser
- de
- Stich, Stichprobe
- pt
- estocar, empurrar
Common compounds
- 突発とっぱつsudden occurrence
- 突撃とつげきcharge, attack
- 突き当たりつきあたりend (of a street)
- 突入とつにゅうbreaking into, storming in
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