撞
thrust, pierce, stab, prick
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
Study
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.