Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

972 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick

Kunyomi: つ.く

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: go, do

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ショウ important point (e.g. on a route), important role (responsibility, etc.), opposition

ショウゲキ shock, impact, crash

ヨウショウ important point, strategic position, key point

カンショウ buffered

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.)

羽根 つくばね Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)