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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

蹴: kick

N1 (our estimate)19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

足 carries the meaning · 就 is drawn in

19 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 一蹴いっしゅうflatly rejecting; curtly refusing
  • 蹴球しゅうきゅうfootball (soccer, rugby, American football…

けるkeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 蹴るけるto kick

Also read シュク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the foot firmly planted on the earth! The top part is the sturdy leg, while the bottom shows the foot ready to take a bold step forward.”
More in the 足 foot story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
足

Also built on foot (足)

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Also read シュク

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read シュウ

39 kanji share this on'yomiAll 39
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cù

Same form: 蹴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
蹴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
蹴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin cù 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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