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衝 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「行」

道
3Junior high level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「行」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
つ.くtsu.ku
Meaning
collide; impact

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

行 "to go" with 重 "heavy": something heavy running into another — to collide.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō衝突しょうとつ衝動しょうどう折衝せっしょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 衝突しょうとつ

    collision

  • 衝撃しょうげき

    shock; impact

More words with this kanji

  • 要衝を扼するようしょうをやくする

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

交差(こうさ)点(てん)で衝突(しょうとつ)が起(お)きた。

A collision occurred at the intersection.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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