漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
突: stab, protruding
Also: thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
JLPT N38 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
穴 carries the meaning · 大 is drawn in
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
トツtotsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 突然とつぜんsuddenly
- 煙突えんとつchimney
- 突撃するとつげきするcharge, rush at
- 突入するとつにゅうするrush into
- 突進するとっしんするrush, charge
- 突破するとっぱするbreak through
- 衝突するしょうとつするcollide
- 追突するついとつするcollide (from behind)
- 突飛なとっぴなwild, extraordinary
つくtsuku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 突くつくpoke, nudge
Also read カ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)穴 cave; den + 犬 dog
Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 穴 (“cave; den”) + 犬 (“dog”) – a dog suddenly coming out of a den.
Source: Wiktionary, 突 (rev. 92201261), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hole + dog (犬) = imagine a dog suddenly rushing out of its hole! That's the essence of sudden movement.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read トツ
2 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side突 stab · 大
vs空 empty · 工In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tū
Same form: 突 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 突 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 突 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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