衝

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つ.く

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:N1

Frequency:972

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
衝撃	ショウゲキ	impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
衝動	ショウドウ	impulse; urge; impetus
衝突	ショウトツ	collision; crash; impact; running into; clash; skirmish; conflict; discord; quarrel; brush
要衝	ヨウショウ	important point; strategic position; key point
緩衝	カンショウ	shock absorption; buffer action; cushioning; buffer

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
折衝	せっしょう	negotiation
衝き上げる	つきあげる	to push up; to thrust up; to stick up; to raise; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to press; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up; to fill one's heart; to engulf one's heart
衝き当たる	つきあたる	to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
衝く	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.)
衝動買い	しょうどうがい	impulse buying; impulse purchase

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold