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撲

slap
Stroke count: 15

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. slapRtK
    彼は相撲を、腕組をしてみつめていた。He watched the Sumo wrestling with folded arms.tatoeba
    彼らは日本のお相撲さんだよ。They are Japanese sumo wrestlers.tatoeba
  2. strike
  3. hit
  4. beat
  5. tell
  6. speak
  1. eradication
  2. extermination
  3. destruction
  4. suppression

Popular Usage

相撲

Radicals and components

Radical手hand扌variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · upside down in a row · husband

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1932

Compound words

相撲すもう
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
打撲だぼく
blow; hit (on the body); beating
撲滅ぼくめつ
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
大相撲おおずもう
professional sumo wrestling
相撲取りすもうとり
sumo wrestler; rikishi
撲つぶつ
to hit (someone)
撲るなぐる
to strike
新相撲しんすもう
"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi
打撲傷だぼくしょう
bruise
撲り倒すはりたおす
to slap down
相撲にならないすもうにならない
is no match for

Additional Examples

彼は相撲を、腕組をしてみつめていた。
He watched the Sumo wrestling with folded arms.tatoeba
彼らは日本のお相撲さんだよ。
They are Japanese sumo wrestlers.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 撲

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