Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 突


Kanji-Trainer
 

Meaning

stab, pierce, thrust, protrude, push, prick

Pronunciation

TOTSU
tsuku

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: big

Mnemonic

The hole gets big [.. or bigger] if you stab in protrudingly.

Radicals

Opening(Also: hole, cavity, cavern - Covered and a narrowing path leads into the hole / cave.)
big(A person with wide spread arms and legs appears big.)
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

Vocabulary

突然 とつぜん abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly, all at once
煙突 えんとつ chimney
突き当たり つきあたり end (e.g. of street)
突き当たる つきあたる to run into, to collide with
突く つく to thrust, to strike, to attack, to poke, to nudge
突く つつく to thrust, to strike, to pick at
突っ張る つっぱる to support, to become stiff, to become taut, to stick to (ones opinion), to insist on
突っ突く つっつく to prompt someone
突っ込む つっこむ to plunge into, to go into deeply

At this page you get the memory phrases for learning the Japanese Kanji. If you are learning the Chinese Hanzi, please follow this link.

List of the characters | List of the radials

To the Trainer