突
突·thrust, sudden, collide
- On-yomi
- トツ
- Kun-yomi
- つく
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Stroke order
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Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 突然 | とつぜん | suddenly, all of a sudden |
| 突く | つく | to poke, to thrust |
| 衝突 | しょうとつ | collision, clash |
| 突き当たり | つきあたり | the end of a street or corridor |
Example sentences
突然、電気が消えました。
とつぜん、でんきがきえました。
The lights suddenly went out.
廊下の突き当たりが教室です。
ろうかのつきあたりがきょうしつです。
The classroom is at the end of the corridor.
二台の車が衝突しました。
にだいのくるまがしょうとつしました。
Two cars collided.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 突然 as *とつねん — 然 is ゼン here
- Using 突然 for things that are merely fast; it means without warning
Memory aid
Picture it
穴 (a hole) over 大 — something bursting out of the hole all at once.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 突然とつぜんsuddenly, abruptly
- 衝突しょうとつcollision, clash
- 煙突えんとつchimney
- 追突ついとつrear-end collision
- 突破するとっぱするto break through, to exceed (a barrier, figure)
- 首を突っ込むくびをつっこむto poke one's nose into
- 突っ込むつっこむto thrust into, to plunge; to dig into
- 突き当たるつきあたるto run into, to collide with
- 突くつくto thrust, to poke, to jab, to strike at
- 突き当たりつきあたりend of a street or corridor, dead end
- 突如とつじょsuddenly (formal)
- 突然変異とつぜんへんいmutation
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