JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 撲: "slap, strike, hit"
The kanji 撲 means "slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ボク in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1283 of 2,501 |
Common words with 撲
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 相撲sumo (wrestling) · sumo wrestler; rikishi
- 打撲blow; hit (on the body); beating
- 撲滅eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
- 撲殺beat to death
- 腕相撲arm wrestling
- 大相撲professional sumo wrestling
- 相撲取りsumo wrestler; rikishi
- 打撲傷bruise; contusion
- お相撲さんsumo wrestler
- 相撲を取るto wrestle with; to contest an issue · to take part in sumo
- 一人相撲fighting windmills; tilting at windmills · mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
- 指相撲thumb wrestling
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