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5 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize

Kun'yomi
  • たたく
    		to strike ②to attack ③to sound out (someone's views) ④to pound (meat or fish)
  • はたく
    		to dust ②to slap ③to use up money
  • すぎ
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

たたく 83.8%
はたく 15.6%
コウ 0.6%

Character Breakdown

strike, beat, kow tow
たた.く　はた.く　コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ　わりふ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

命

Common Words

たた
叩
　
く
to strike ②to attack ③to sound out (someone's views) ④to pound (meat or fish)
たた
叩
　
き
こ
込
　
む
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board) ②to throw into (e.g. jail) ③to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.)
たた
叩
　
き
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first) ②hitting (e.g. a drum) ③bashing ④robbery
たた
叩
　
き
つぶ
潰
　
す
to smash up
たた
叩
　
き
　
つ
　
け
　
る
to throw violently against ②to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
たた
叩
　
き
お
落
　
と
　
す
to knock down
たた
叩
　
き
だ
出
　
す
to begin to strike ②to kick out ③to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
たた
叩
　
き
お
起
　
こ
　
す
to wake (someone) up (roughly) ②to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
はた
叩
　
き
こ
込
　
み
slapdown
ひ
火
はた
叩
　
き
tool used to extract combusted tobacco from a kiseru pipe
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References

Unicode hex code 53E9
JIS X 0208 1-35-1
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 876
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 696
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 208
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2166
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2285
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3238
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d2.3
Four corner code 6702.0