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蹴

蹴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ける、あしげにする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「足」+音符「就」。｛蹴｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

kick

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シュク
  • シュウJHS
Kun (native)
  • け(る)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音cu4
  • 한글chug
  • Hán-ViệtXúc

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

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
足(あし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8E74

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𧾷就

Words using this kanji

  • 蹴るけるto kick, to refuse, to reject, to stamp (on the ground)
  • 蹴球しゅうきゅうフットボール（サッカー、ラグビーなど）。football (soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. soccer)
  • 蹴爪けづめspur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.), cockspur, calcar, fetlock
  • 蹴りけりkick
  • 蹴鞠けまりけまり。kemari
  • 蹴子しゅうしejector (rifle, pistol)
  • 蹴込みけこみriser, footboard
  • 蹴合いけあいkicking each other, cockfighting
  • 蹴出すけだすto kick out, to cut back (on spending)
  • 蹴込むけこむto kick (something) into, to make a (financial) loss
  • 蹴返すけかえすto kick back
  • 蹴倒すけたおすto kick over, to kick down
  • 蹴破るけやぶるto break (by kicking), to kick down (e.g. a door), to kick open, to break down
  • 蹴上げけあげriser (in a building), rise
  • 蹴返しけかえしminor inner footsweep
  • 蹴躓くけつまずくto stumble (over), to trip, to fail, to suffer a setback
  • 蹴子覆しゅうしふくejector housing (rifle, pistol)
  • 蹴子痕しゅうしこんejector mark (on a cartridge)
  • 蹴放しけはなしthreshold (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door), sill
  • 蹴放すけはなすto kick free, to kick loose, to kick away, to kick open (e.g. a sliding door)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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