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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

239 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

Kunyomi: う.つ, う.ち-, ぶ.つ

Onyomi: ダ, ダース

Composition: 扌 丁

打

Radical

Radical: 手

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

⺘

Examples

Examples with audio

打者(だしゃ)   batter (baseball)

打率(だりつ)   batting average

打撃(だげき)   damage, batting (baseball)

打算的な(ださんてきな)   calculating, mercenary

打破する(だはする)   overthrow, abolish

打診する(だしんする)   sound someone out

打倒する(だとうする)   knockdown, overthrow

打つ(うつ)   hit, strike

Onyomi Examples

打 (ダ) hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.), batting, stroke

打 (ダース) dozen

本塁打 (ホンルイダ) home run

二塁打 (ニルイダ) two-base hit, double

打 (ダース) dozen

Kunyomi Examples

打つ (うつ) to hit, to strike, to knock, to beat, to punch, to slap, to tap, to bang, to clap, to pound, to strike (noon, etc.), to sound (cymbals, etc.), to beat (a drum, etc.), to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.), to move, to impress, to touch, to drive in, to hammer in, to put in, to inject, to vaccinate, to type, to send, to transmit, to insert, to write in, to mark, to make (noodles, etc.), to prepare, to till (soil), to sprinkle, to throw, to cast, to do, to carry out, to play, to perform, to engage in (gambling, etc.), to pay (a deposit, etc.), to visit (on a pilgrimage), to line (a coat), to bind (a criminal), to drop (a piece)

打つ手 (うつて) way to do (something)

打つ (ぶつ) to hit (someone), to strike, to beat, to make (a speech), to give (an address), to gamble

打付ける (ぶつける) to hit (e.g. one's head), to strike, to knock, to run (into), to crash (into), to throw (at), to fling (at), to hurl (at), to vent (e.g. one's anger), to express (one's feelings), to throw (a question at someone), to pit (someone) against, to set against, to match against, to put up against

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