突
thrust; sudden; stab; protruding; pierce; prick; collision
8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 521.
Readings
- トツ (on reading): 突然 (とつぜん) abrupt; 衝突 (しょうとつ) collision
- つく (kun reading): 突く (つく) to prick; 突き止める (つきとめる) to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause)
- カ (on reading)
Components
Words using 突
- 突然 (とつぜん) abrupt
- 衝突 (しょうとつ) collision
- 突破 (とっぱ) breaking through
- 突入 (とつにゅう) rushing into
- 突撃 (とつげき) charge
- 突く (つく) to prick
- 突き止める (つきとめる) to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause)
- 突っ込み (つっこみ) quip
- 突き放す (つきはなす) to push away
- 突き出る (つきでる) to project
- 突き (つつき) pecking
- 突棒 (つくぼう) barbed T-shaped weapon for catching thieves (Edo period)
240 words in all.