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Kanji Detail for 撞 - "to thrust"

撞

  • Meaning

    撞 means "to thrust." Also associated with to ring.

    1. To strike - To collide; to bump against.

    2. To thrust - To pierce through.

    3. To ring - To strike a bell.

  • Four-character idioms with 撞

    • 撞着矛盾 どうちゃくむじゅん Listen self-contradiction
    • 矛盾撞着 むじゅんどうちゃく Listen self-contradiction
    • 自家撞着 じかどうちゃく Listen self-contradiction
    • 自己撞着 じこどうちゃく Listen self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

  • Tattoo check: 撞

    • Verified meaning: to thrust
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to ring

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    thrust; pierce; stab; prick

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    knock against, bump into, collide

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against

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

    To strike. Such as 撞鐘伐鼓. | To collide. Colloquially, collision is 撞.

  • Onyomi

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    doh(ドウ) ドウ

    shu(シュ) シュ

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

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    tsu.ku(つ-く) つ-く

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    ring thrust strike hit bang crash slam knock ram bell impact collide beat smash bump

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