撲
撲 — Slap
slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak
On’yomiボク (boku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 撲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相撲 | すもう sumou | sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi |
| 大相撲 | おおずもう oozumou | professional sumo wrestling |
| 打撲 | だぼく daboku | blow; hit (on the body); beating |
| 撲滅 | ぼくめつ bokumetsu | eradication; extermination; destruction |
| 四つ相撲 | よつずもう yotsuzumou | wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands |
| 一人相撲 | ひとりずもう hitorizumou | fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.) |
Study notes
撲 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1283 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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