Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

触: contact, touch

Also: feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict

JLPT N213 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

角 carries the meaning · 虫 gives the sound

13 strokes

Four readings, and the words that use each

ショクshoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 触覚しょっかくsense of touch
  • 触角しょっかくfeeler, antenna
  • 触媒しょくばいcatalyst
  • 感触かんしょくsense of touch, feeling
  • 一触即発いっしょくそくはつextremely delicate situation
  • 接触するせっしょくするtouch, make contact
  • 抵触するていしょくするconflict, run counter to

ふれるfureru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 触れるふれるtouch, reach, brush
  • 触れ合うふれあうcome in contact with, touch

さわるsawaru · kun'yomi

  • 触るさわるtouch

さわsawa · kun'yomi

  • 手触りてざわりtexture (for hand), feel
  • 肌触りはだざわりtexture (for skin)

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)角 (meaning) + 蜀 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 觸 (rev. 94593510), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Horn (角) + insect/worm. Originally suggested an insect using its "horns" (antennae) to "touch" and sense its environment—the act of physical contact.”
From the 角 horn story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
角

Also built on horn (角)

All 1
虫

Also built on insect (虫)

All 15

Also read ショク

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
触 contact · 角
vs強 strong · 弓 + 厶
触 has 角 where 強 has 弓 + 厶.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 觸 · chù

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 触. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 觸.

Simplified
触 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
觸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chù 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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