どつく

also: どづく

どつく · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	どつく	どつかない
Polite	どつきます	どつきません
Past polite	どつきました	どつきませんでした
Past	どついた	どつかなかった
Te-form	どついて	どつかないで
Desire	どつきたい	どつきたくない
Potential	どつける	どつけない
Passive	どつかれる	どつかれない
Causative	どつかせる	どつかせない
Causative passive	どつかせられるalso どつかされる	どつかせられないalso どつかされない
Volitional	どつこう
Polite volitional	どつきましょう
Imperative	どつけ	どつくな
Conditional	どつけば	どつかなければ
Tara conditional	どついたら	どつかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

jab; hit; punch

usually written using kana alone

Colloquial and somewhat rough; often used in casual or dialectal speech for a quick, sharp blow, typically with a fist.

あいつ、いきなり俺おれをどついてきたんだ。
That guy suddenly jabbed me.
喧けん嘩かで相あい手てをどつくのはよくない。
It's not good to punch someone in a fight.

Kanji

突stab, protruding, thrust

Related words

殴なぐる
殴る is the standard, neutral word for 'punch' or 'strike'; どつく is more colloquial and carries a rougher, more impulsive nuance.
突つく
突く means 'poke' or 'jab' in a general sense; どつく adds the prefix ど- (emphatic/rough) to make it a stronger, more violent jab.

Written forms

どつくUsage100%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms ド突く and ど突く are rare and mainly used for stylistic effect.
ド突く
- どつく
  Rare kanji spelling using ド for the first syllable; not common in everyday writing.
- どづく
ど突く
- どつく
  Rare mixed kanji-kana spelling; not common in everyday writing.
- どづく
どづく
Alternate kana spelling reflecting the voiced pronunciation; less common than どつく.

Etymology

Likely derived from 突く (つく, 'to poke/jab') with the emphatic/rough prefix ど- attached, resulting in a more forceful, colloquial expression. The exact historical development is uncertain.