討 Kanji – chastise
The Japanese kanji 討 can mean chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer.
Meaning and Readings
How is 討 read?
討 has the onyomi reading トウ and the kunyomi reading うつ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as tou, utsu.
Common Japanese Words Using 討
These common Japanese words contain 討. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 検討（けんとう） — consideration, examination, investigation, study, scrutiny, discussion, analysis, review
- 再検討（さいけんとう） — re-examination, review, reconsideration, reappraisal
- 掃討（そうとう） — cleaning up (enemy remnants), sweeping clean (of opponents), mopping up
- 追い討ち（おいうち） — attacking a fleeing enemy
- 討議（とうぎ） — debate, discussion
- 討論（とうろん） — debate, discussion
- 討つ（うつ） — to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge