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Kotomora

蹴

kick

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes19

Readings

On'yomi

  • シュク
  • シュウ

Kun'yomi

  • け.る

Meaning

蹴 centers on striking with the foot: a kick. It is a specific physical action, not a broad conceptual cluster.

Most common words using 蹴

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  • 蹴るける
    N3

    to kick

  • 蹴りけり

    kick

  • 一蹴いっしゅう

    flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside

  • 足蹴あしげ

    kick

  • 蹴球しゅうきゅう

    football (soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. soccer)

  • 蹴鞠けまり

    kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

  • 蹴飛ばすけとばす
    N1

    to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away

  • 蹴っ飛ばすけっとばす

    to kick hard

  • ア式蹴球アしきしゅうきゅう

    association football; soccer

  • ラ式蹴球ラしきしゅうきゅう

    rugby

  • 一蹴りひとけり

    one kick

  • 二枚蹴りにまいげり

    ankle-kicking twist down

  • 先蹴せんしゅう

    kick-off (esp. rugby)

  • 前蹴りまえげり

    front kick (esp. martial arts)

  • 回し蹴りまわしげり

    roundhouse kick; turning kick

  • 席を蹴るせきをける

    to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out

  • 延髄蹴りえんずいげり

    enzuigiri (attack that strikes the back of the head)

  • 後ろ回し蹴りうしろまわしげり

    spin kick

  • 死体蹴りしたいげり

    attacking a knocked down opponent (in a fighting game); kicking a dead body

  • 殴る蹴るなぐるける

    punching and kicking

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Etymology

蹴 combines the foot radical ⻊ with 就, which likely provides the sound. The character expresses the action of kicking with the foot.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is the foot radical ⻊, and the right side 就 looks like a person winding up to strike. Picture a foot swinging forward to kick a ball.

Reading mnemonic

For シュク, imagine a soccer player shouting 'Shoot! Kick!' as they strike the ball: 'Shoot kick' blends into シュク, the sound of a powerful kick.