Kanji Detail for 槌 - "mallet, hammer"

槌

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

槌 means "mallet, hammer."
1. Mallet - A hammer-like tool for striking.
2. Hammer - A tool for pounding and shaping.
Tattoo check: 槌
- Verified meaning: mallet, hammer
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read つち, つちさき)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 槌

Surnames 槌(つち) 槌(つちさき)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hammer; mallet

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hammer, mallet; strike, beat

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

hammer, mallet; to beat, to strike

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A mallet. Also written as 椎. | To strike. As in "beating the pillow and striking the bed" (搗枕槌床).
Onyomi

tsui(ツイ)
Kunyomi

tsuchi(つち)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords

mallet hammer beat strike tool carpentry construction forging hitting pounding shaping striking thumping woodworking blacksmithing percussion driving nailing instrument

鑿と言えば槌。
When told to bring the chisel, also bring the mallet.
俺、金槌なんだ。
I cannot swim at all.
彼女は彼を金槌で殴った。
She hit him with a hammer.
彼は過って親指を金槌で打ち付けた。
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
ボブは金槌のごとく、全く泳げない。
Bob can no more swim than a hammer can.
彼はうっかり金槌で親指を叩いてしまった。
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
道具箱に金槌しか入っていない者にとっては、あらゆる問題が釘のように見える。
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
かくかくしかじかで、と事情を説明したのだが、あんまり興味なさそうな相槌しか返ってこなかった。
I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.
話し相手との会話が詰まったり、または何を話していいのか分からない時には、相槌を打つと効果的です。
Throwing cues that you are listening into conversation can be effective when you are struggling for words or don't know what to say.