— stab, protruding, thrusting, thrust, pierce, prick

  • JLPT N3
  • 8 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 穴
  • #521 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
トツ
Kun'yomi
つ.く

Example words

  • 衝突しょうとつcollision; conflict
  • 突破とっぱbreaking through; breakthrough; penetration
  • 突然とつぜんabrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
  • 煙突えんとつ(1) chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe (2) carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
  • 突如とつじょsuddenly; all of a sudden
  • 突っ込むつっこむ(1) to thrust something into something (2) to plunge into; to go into deeply (3) to meddle; to interfere (4) to retort (5) to riposte
  • 突っ張るつっぱるto support; to become stiff; to become taut; to thrust (one's opponent); to stick to (one's opinion); to insist on
  • 突き当たるつきあたるto run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street)