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撲

撲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うつ。なぐる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」 + 音符「菐」。「うつ」を意味する漢語｛撲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボクJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音pu1
  • 한글bag
  • 한글bog
  • Hán-ViệtPhác
  • Hán-ViệtBạc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+64B2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌菐

Words using this kanji

  • 撲滅ぼくめつ物事を無くすこと。物事をゼロにすること。狭義では、有害な物事を無くすこと。eradication, extermination, destruction, suppression
  • 撲殺ぼくさつ手や道具（棒など）を使って人や動物を撲り殺すこと。beat to death
  • 撲滅運動ぼくめつうんどうexterminatory measure, eradication campaign

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
5203.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c12.1
Heisig
1932
Nelson
1993