Kanji

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: ダース

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

者(だしゃ)   batter (baseball)

率(だりつ)   batting average

撃(だげき)   damage, batting (baseball)

算的な(ださんてきな)   calculating, mercenary

破する(だはする)   overthrow, abolish

診する(だしんする)   sound someone out

倒する(だとうする)   knockdown, overthrow

つ(うつ)   hit, strike

Onyomi Examples

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

ダース dozen

本塁 ホンルイダ home run

二塁 ニルイダ two-base hit, double

ダース dozen

Kunyomi Examples

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)

つ手 うつて way to do (something)

ぶつ to hit (a person), to strike, to beat, to deliver (a speech), to give (an address)

付ける ぶつける to hit (e.g. one's head), to strike, to crash into, to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand), to express, to vent (e.g. one's anger)