突く
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to prick; to stab
2. to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
3. to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
4. to attack
5. to brave (the rain, etc.)
Other spellings
衝く撞く捺く
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
つく
つく
Used in vocabulary
Examples8
テーブル
Stop resting your elbows on the table.
針
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
彼の
His speech was brief and to the point.
彼の
His speech was brief and to the point.
ふた
The instant I open the lid an offensive smell greets my nose.
羽子板
The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.