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Kotomora

撞

thrust, pierce, stab, prick

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • ドウ
  • トウ
  • シュ

Kun'yomi

  • つ.く

Meaning

撞 centers on forceful, pointed contact: thrusting, piercing, stabbing, or pricking. All meanings share the idea of driving something sharp or forceful into a target.

Most common words using 撞

  • インド撞木鮫インドしゅもくざめ

    winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii, species of Indo-West Pacific hammerhead shark)

  • 前後撞着ぜんごどうちゃく

    self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

  • 平撞木鮫ひらしゅもくざめ

    great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)

  • 撞木しゅもく

    T-shaped wooden bell hammer

  • 撞木反りしゅもくぞり

    bell hammer backwards body drop

  • 撞木杖しゅもくづえ

    crutches

  • 撞球どうきゅう

    billiards

  • 撞着どうちゃく

    contradiction

  • 撞着矛盾どうちゃくむじゅん

    self-contradiction

  • 撞着語法どうちゃくごほう

    oxymoron

  • 白撞木鮫しろしゅもくざめ

    smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

  • 矛盾撞着むじゅんどうちゃく

    self-contradiction

  • 自家撞着じかどうちゃく

    self-contradiction

  • 自己撞着じこどうちゃく

    self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

  • 赤撞木鮫あかしゅもくざめ

    scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); bronze hammerhead shark

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Etymology

撞 combines 扌 (hand) with 童, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to striking or hitting. The exact historical development of the compound is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A hand 扌 beside 童, which looks like a child standing under a roof. Imagine a child thrusting a toy spear forward: the hand drives the point into something.

Reading mnemonic

For ドウ, picture a hand thrusting a doughnut onto a spike: dough -> ドウ, and the doughnut is pierced.