Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand

Henshall Mnemonic: hand hits nail

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #239 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 打つ   [うつ]
  (v5t) to hit; to strike   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 打つ   [ぶつ]
  (v5t) to hit; to strike   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 打ち消す   [うちけす]
  (v5s) to deny; to negate; to contradict   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打合せ   [うちあわせ]
  (n) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打付ける   [ぶつける]
  (v1) to knock; to run into; to nail on; to strike hard; to hit and attack   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 打ち合わせ   [うちあわせ]
  (n) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち合わせる   [うちあわせる]
  (v1) to knock together; to arrange   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち込む   [うちこむ]
  (v5m) to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to devote oneself to; to shoot into; to smash; to throw into; to cast into   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち消し   [うちけし]
  (n) (gram) negation; denial; negative   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち切る   [うちきる]
  (v5r) to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち明ける   [うちあける]
  (v1) to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打開   [だかい]
  (n) break in the deadlock   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打撃   [だげき]
  (n) (1) blow; shock; strike; damage; (2) batting (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 値打ち   [ねうち]
  (n) value; worth; price; dignity   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 連打   [れんだ]
  (n) barrage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二塁打   [にるいだ]
  (n) two-base hit; double   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 頭打ち   [あたまうち]
  (n) reaching a peak; reaching the limit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち合い   [うちあい]
  (n) exchange of blows; long rally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち合せ   [うちあわせ]
  (n) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 猛打   [もうだ]
  (n) heavy blow; heavy hit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち込み   [うちこみ]
  (n) driving; pounding in; shooting into; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち出す   [うちだす]
  (v5s) to begin; to beat; to end; to close; to set out (forth); to work out; to hammer out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち上げ   [うちあげ]
  (n) launch   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち上げる   [うちあげる]
  (v1) to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish; to close   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打ち切り   [うちきり]
  (n) end; close; finish; discontinuance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 強打   [きょうだ]
  (n,vs) smiting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 安打   [あんだ]
  (n) safe hit (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 代打   [だいだ]
  (n) pinch-hitting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 殴打   [おうだ]
  (n) hit; strike   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打楽器   [だがっき]
  (n) percussion instrument   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打球   [だきゅう]
  (n) batting; batted ball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打合わせ   [うちあわせ]
  (n) business meeting; previous arrangement; appointment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打算的   [ださんてき]
  (adj-na) calculating; mercenary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打者   [だしゃ]
  (n) batter (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一打   [いちだ]
  (n) stroke; blow   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打順   [だじゅん]
  (n) batting order   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打消し   [うちけし]
  (n) (gram) negation; denial; negative   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 犠打   [ぎだ]
  (n) sacrifice fly; bunt   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打消す   [うちけす]
  (v5s) to deny; to negate; to contradict   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 打 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.