The kanji 撲: meaning, readings and stroke order

撲

Meaning: strike, hit
On reading: ボク boku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 15
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đánh, va đập (phác)
Japanese: うつ。たたく。
Korean: 치다, 때리다 (박)
Chinese: 扑打、撞击 (扑)

Readings, words and example sentences

ボク boku · on reading · less common

打だ撲ぼく
bruise (from a hit or fall)
転んで足を 打だ撲ぼくしました。
I fell and bruised my leg.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.