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突 — 8 strokes / Radical「穴」

道
4Junior high level / 8 strokes / Radical「穴」
On
トツ・カとつ・か · totsu · ka
Kun
つ(く)tsu(ku)
Meaning
thrust; suddenly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

穴 "hole" with 犬 "dog": a dog bursting out of a hole — to thrust, and "suddenly."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトツとつtotsu突然とつぜん突端とったん衝突しょうとつ
Kunつくtsuku突くつく一突きいちつき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 突然とつぜん

    suddenly

  • 衝突しょうとつ

    collision; clash

More words with this kanji

  • 追突ついとつ
  • 突破とっぱ
  • 煙突えんとつ
  • 唐突とうとつ
  • 突如とつじょ
  • 篠突く雨しのつくあめ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

突然(とつぜん)、雨(あめ)がふり出(だ)した。

Suddenly it began to rain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

突然衝突突然so衝collid…穴hole究invest…穹the va…空sky窃steal菓confec…暇free…箇counte…下down火fire
CompoundRadicalReading

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