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Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- 問う。はなしあう。
- もとめる。
- とりたてる。
- うつ。たいらげる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「言」+音符「寸（肘） /*TU/」。｛討 /*thuuʔ/｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- トウElem.
- Kun (native)
- う(つ)JHS
- Other languages
- 拼音tao3
- 한글to
- Hán-ViệtThảo
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 10 strokes
- Radical
- 言(げん)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+8A0E
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言寸
Words using this kanji
- 討論とうろんある問題について意見を述べ合い議論すること。debate, discussion
- 討議とうぎある問題について結論を出すために、意見をたたかわせること。debate, discussion
- 討つうつうつ 参照to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer
- 討ち入りうちいりstorming (e.g. an enemy's castle), attack, raid
- 討伐とうばつ軍隊を送って反抗する者を攻め討つこと。subjugation (using military force), suppression, subduing
- 討幕とうばく幕府政権を討伐すること。attacking the shogunate
- 討究とうきゅう物事を深く研究すること。investigation, study, research
- 討尋とうじんminute investigation, thorough inquiry, thorough enquiry
- 討匪とうひsuppression of bandits
- 討滅とうめつdestroying, annihilating, eradicating
- 討っ手うってattacking party, punitive force, pursuers
- 討伐軍とうばつぐんpunitive force
- 討論会とうろんかい討論を行うための集会や会合。debate, panel discussion, forum
- 討論者とうろんしゃdebater
- 討ち入るうちいるto storm (a house, castle, etc.), to raid, to attack
- 討ち死にうちじに「うちじに」の漢字表記。death in battle, death on the battlefield
- 討ち果たすうちはたす「うちはたす」の漢字表記。to slay, to kill, to put to the sword
- 討ち滅ぼすうちほろぼすto destroy
- 討議倫理学とうぎりんりがくdiscourse ethics
- 討ち止めるうちとめるto kill (with a sword, knife, spear, etc.), to slay, to cut down
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-7-3- Four Corner
0460.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a3.3- Heisig
- 364
- Nelson
- 4316