撲 (beat, hit, slap, speak, strike, tell) - Kanji Codex

撲

beat, hit, slap, speak, strike, tell

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:1

Frequency:1283

Vocabulary

ボク

Word	Reading	Meaning
打撲	ダボク	blow; hit (on the body); beating
撲滅	ボクメツ	eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
打撲傷	ダボクショウ	bruise; contusion
撲殺	ボクサツ	beat to death
撲滅運動	ボクメツウンドウ	exterminatory measure; eradication campaign

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
撲る	なぐる	to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
相撲	すもう	sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
相撲	すまい	sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
撲つ	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); to drop (a piece); to play a move; to play a game
撲つ	ぶつ	to hit (someone); to strike; to beat; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble

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