Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: drum, beat, rouse, muster

Kunyomi: つづみ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: drum

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コブ encouragement, inspiration, rousing, stirring up, raising (e.g. morale)

コドウ beat, palpitation, pulsation, throbbing

大太 オオダイコ large drum, bass drum

御太 オタイコ very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

Kunyomi Examples

つづみ hand drum

したつづみ smacking one's lips (over food)

おおつづみ large hand drum