Memory phrase for the Kanji: 突
突
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Meaning
stab, pierce, thrust, protrude, push, prick
Pronunciation
TOTSU tsu ku
Explanation
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: big 大
Mnemonic
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The hole gets big [.. or bigger] if you stab in protrudingly.
Radicals
穴
Opening Also: hole, cavity, cavern - It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the hole / cave.
大
big A person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
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Vocabulary
突然
とつぜん
abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, all at once
4710
煙突
えんとつ
chimney
4094
突き当たり
つきあたり
end (e.g. of street)
4702
突き当たる
つきあたる
to run into, to collide with
4703
突く
つく
to thrust, to strike, to attack, to poke, to nudge
4704
突く
つつく
to thrust, to strike, to pick at
4705
突っ張る
つっぱる
to support, to become stiff, to become taut, to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on
4706
突っ突く
つっつく
to prompt someone
4707
突っ込む
つっこむ
to plunge into, to go into deeply
4708
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