The kanji 討: meaning, readings and stroke order

討

Meaning: discuss, attack
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: う（つ） utsu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bàn bạc, đánh dẹp (thảo)
Japanese: よくしらべてはなしあう。うつ。
Korean: 의논하다, 무찌르다 (토)
Chinese: 讨论、讨伐 (讨)

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

検けん討とう
thinking over, talking over
みんなで案を 検けん討とうします。
We all think over the plan together.

う（つ） utsu · kun reading · less common

討うつ
to defeat (an enemy)
むかしの話に敵を 討うつ 場面があります。
Old stories have scenes where people defeat their enemies.

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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.