slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak
撲 centers on forceful physical contact: slapping, striking, hitting, or beating. The extended senses of telling or speaking likely come from the idea of delivering a sharp verbal blow or bluntly stating something.
撲 combines 扌 (hand) with 菐, which likely contributes the sound ボク and may relate to striking or beating. The exact historical development of 菐 is uncertain.
The left hand 扌 delivers a sharp slap to the right component 菐, which looks like a person being struck. Imagine your hand hitting a target with a loud smack.
For ボク, picture a boxer delivering a quick punch: the sound of a boxing glove hitting a bag is a deep 'boku' — ボク. The hand 扌 strikes like a boxer's fist.
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sumo (wrestling)
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
professional sumo wrestling
beat to death
blow; hit (on the body); beating
arm wrestling
bruise; contusion
sumo wrestler
amateur sumo
Mongolian wrestling; Mongolian sumo
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills
match held in front of the Emperor
to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money
to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money
preliminary bouts with unranked wrestlers; unranked wrestlers
sumo wrestling using strength instead of technique
fund-raising tournaments (during the Edo period)
wrestling performed in the presence of the empress or crown prince
wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands
International Sumo Federation (highest body in amateur sumo)