Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict

Kunyomi: ふ.れる さわ.る さわ

Onyomi: ショク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つのへん

Meaning: horn

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

覚(しょっかく)   sense of touch

角(しょっかく)   feeler, antenna

媒(しょくばい)   catalyst

(かんしょく)   sense of touch, feeling

即発(いっしょくそくはつ)   extremely delicate situation

する(せっしょくする)   touch, make contact

する(ていしょくする)   conflict, run counter to

れる(ふれる)   touch, reach, brush

れ合う(ふれあう)   come in contact with, touch

る(さわる)   touch

り(てざわり)   texture (for hand), feel

り(はだざわり)   texture (for skin)

Onyomi Examples

ショクバイ catalyst

ショクハツ detonation by contact, contact detonation, touching off (something), triggering, sparking, provocation, inspiration

鎧袖一 ガイシュウイッショク (beating someone) hands down, with a single blow

濃厚接 ノウコウセッショク close contact (with an infected person)

Kunyomi Examples

れる ふれる to touch, to feel, to touch (with), to experience, to come in contact with, to perceive, to touch on (a subject), to allude to, to refer to, to mention, to bring up, to be in conflict with, to violate (law, copyright, etc.), to infringe, to proclaim, to make known, to spread (e.g. a rumour)

さわる to touch, to feel, to get involved (with), to approach, to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate

さわる to touch, to feel, to get involved (with), to approach, to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate

らぬ神に祟りなし さわらぬかみにたたりなし let sleeping dogs lie, wake not a sleeping lion, the spirit you do not approach will not curse you