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Kanji Detail for 触 - "to touch, to hit"

触

  • Meaning

    触 means "to touch, to hit." Also associated with to defile.

    1. To touch - To contact; to lightly place hand on something.

    2. To hit - To collide; to bump into.

    3. To defile - To commit a crime.

    4. To notify - To inform widely.

    5. Notice - Notification; announcement.

  • Words using 触

    • 接触 せっしょく Listen touch; contact; touching
    • 感触 かんしょく Listen feel (of something); touch; texture
    • 触れ合い ふれあい Listen contact; connectedness; rapport
    • 触発 しょくはつ Listen detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something)
    • 触媒 しょくばい Listen catalyst
    • 前触れ まえぶれ Listen advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement
    • 触る さわる Listen to touch; to feel; to handle
    • 触れ合う ふれあう Listen to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

  • Four-character idioms with 触

    • 一触即発 いっしょくそくはつ Listen critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
    • 鎧袖一触 がいしゅういっしょく Listen (beating someone) hands down; with a single blow

  • Tattoo check: 触

    • Verified meaning: to touch, to hit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ふれ)
    • Also carries these associations: to defile

    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 触

    Surnames 触(ふれ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    contact; touch; feel; hit; proclaim; announce; conflict

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    butt, ram, gore; touch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch

  • Onyomi

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    shoku(ショク) ショク

  • Kunyomi

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    fu.reru(ふ-れる) ふ-れる

    sawa(さわ) さわ

    sawa.ru(さわ-る) さわ-る

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    角 (tsuno・tsunohen・kaku)

  • Related Keywords

    to touch to hit to defile to notify announce collide notice taint contact to violate feeler antenna graze handle palpate sense tactile tangible texture

Sentences including 触

  • I felt something touch my foot.

  • Leave my car alone.

  • You must not come in contact with him.

  • Let my things alone.

  • It is best left untouched.

  • I felt the brush of her hand against me.

  • I felt something touch my feet.

  • Don't let him touch it.

  • Don't touch.

  • Mary didn't refer to the accident she had seen.

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