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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

521 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

Kunyomi: つ.く

Onyomi: トツ, カ

Composition: 穴 大

突

Radical

Radical: 穴

Reading: あなかんむり

Meaning: cave

Strokes: 5

Reading: あなかんむり

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Examples

Examples with audio

突然(とつぜん)   suddenly

煙突(えんとつ)   chimney

突撃する(とつげきする)   charge, rush at

突入する(とつにゅうする)   rush into

突進する(とっしんする)   rush, charge

突破する(とっぱする)   break through

衝突する(しょうとつする)   collide

追突する(ついとつする)   collide (from behind)

突飛な(とっぴな)   wild, extraordinary

突く(つく)   poke, nudge

Onyomi Examples

突入 (トツニュウ) rushing into, breaking into, storming, plunging into (war, etc.), embarking on (a new venture)

突然 (トツゼン) abrupt, sudden, unexpected

強制衝突 (キョウセイショウトツ) collision enforcement

非弾性衝突 (ヒダンセイショウトツ) inelastic collision

Kunyomi Examples

突く (つく) to prick, to stab, to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike, to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.), to attack, to brave (the rain, etc.)

突棒 (つくぼう) barbed T-shaped weapon for catching thieves (Edo period)

麦突 (むぎつく) Pungtungia herzi (species of cyprinid)

剣突く (けんつく) rough scolding, upbraiding, tongue-lashing, dressing-down

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