突
stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden
Readings
On'yomi
- トツ
- カ
Kun'yomi
- つ.く
Meaning
突 centers on a forceful, sudden outward motion: thrusting, stabbing, or piercing, and by extension anything that protrudes or happens abruptly, like a collision.
Most common words using 突
24 of 250- 突然とつぜんN3
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
- 突破とっぱN1
breaking through; breakthrough; penetration
- 衝突しょうとつN2
collision; crash; impact; running into
- 突入とつにゅう
rushing into; breaking into; storming
- 突くつくN1
to prick; to stab
- 突くつつくN1
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
- 突きつきN1
thrust; stab; lunge; pass (in fencing)
- 唐突とうとつ
abrupt; sudden
- 突如とつじょN2
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
- 突っ込むつっこむN2
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove
- 激突げきとつ
crash; smashing (into); ramming; (violent) collision
- 突出とっしゅつ
projection; protrusion; jutting out; sticking out
- 突起とっき
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss; process; apophysis
- 煙突えんとつN2
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe
- 追突ついとつN1
rear-end collision
- 突進とっしん
rush; dash; charge
- 突風とっぷうN1
gust (of wind); blast
- 突き刺すつきさすN1
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
- 突貫とっかん
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush
- 突き抜けるつきぬけるN1
to pierce through; to break through
- 突っ張りつっぱり
prop; strut; support; brace; bar
- 楯突くたてつくN1
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
- 突き上げるつきあげる
to push up; to thrust up; to stick up; to raise
- 突き当たるつきあたるN2
to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against
Study
Etymology
突 combines 穴 (hole, cave) and 犬 (dog). The traditional explanation is a dog suddenly bursting out of a cave, giving the sense of thrusting or sudden emergence.
Meaning mnemonic
A dog (犬) suddenly shoots out of a cave (穴), thrusting forward and piercing the air. That sudden, protruding motion is the core of 突.
Reading mnemonic
For トツ, imagine the dog bursting out with a sharp 'tots!' sound, like a sudden thrust: tots -> トツ.