Memory phrase for the Kanji: 突


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Meaning stab, pierce, thrust, protrude, push, prick

Pronunciation

TOTSU
tsuku

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: big

Mnemonic


 
The hole gets big [.. or bigger] if you stab in protrudingly.

Radicals

OpeningAlso: hole, cavity, cavern - It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the hole / cave.
bigA person with wide spread arms and legs appears big.
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 Vocabulary

突然 とつぜん  abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, all at once
煙突 えんとつ  chimney
突き当たり つきあたり  end (e.g. of street)
突き当たる つきあたる  to run into, to collide with
突く つく  to thrust, to strike, to attack, to poke, to nudge
突く つつく  to thrust, to strike, to pick at
突っ張る つっぱる  to support, to become stiff, to become taut, to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on
突っ突く つっつく  to prompt someone
突っ込む つっこむ  to plunge into, to go into deeply

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