突 Kanji – stab
The Japanese kanji 突 can mean stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden.
Meaning and Readings
How is 突 read?
突 has the onyomi readings トツ, カ and the kunyomi reading つく.
In romaji, these readings can be written as totsu, ka, tsuku.
Common Japanese Words Using 突
These common Japanese words contain 突. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 突尼斯（チュニジア） — Tunisia
- 煙突（えんとつ） — chimney, smokestack, funnel (of a ship), stovepipe
- 激突（げきとつ） — crash, smashing (into), ramming, (violent) collision
- 衝突（しょうとつ） — collision, crash, impact, running into
- 追突（ついとつ） — rear-end collision
- 唐突（とうとつ） — abrupt, sudden
- 突き（つき） — thrust, stab, lunge, pass (in fencing)
- 突き刺す（つきさす） — to stab, to stick, to pierce, to thrust
- 突き上げる（つきあげる） — to push up, to force up, to toss
- 突き当たり（つきあたり） — end (of a street, hallway, etc.)