蹴
kick
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
20 of 62- 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
Study
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.