Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
beat, attack, defeat, conquer
Kun:
う.つ
On:
ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
473 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 撃墜 【ゲキツイ】 shooting down (aircraft)
  • 撃沈 【ゲキチン】 (attacking and) sinking (a ship), sending (a ship) to the bottom
  • 銃撃 【ジュウゲキ】 shooting, gunning (down)
  • 追撃 【ツイゲキ】 pursuit (of a fleeing enemy), chase, follow-up attack

Kun reading compounds

  • 撃つ 【うつ】 to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire
  • 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gyeog

Spanish

  • batida
  • ataque
  • derrota
  • conquista
  • batir
  • atacar
  • derrotar
  • conquistar
  • disparar

Portuguese

  • batida
  • ataque
  • derrota
  • conquista

French

  • battre
  • attaquer
  • vaincre
  • conquérir
1209 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
433 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1986 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
997 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1381 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1016 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1054 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1041 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
851 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3552 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1831 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2492 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
716 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12674P Morohashi
2863 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2265 New Nelson (John Haig)
709 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
766 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
407 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1767 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1547 2001 Kanji
3c11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
5750.2 Four corner code
1-23-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6483 Unicode hex code

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
earth
Parts:
crash, fall (down)
Kun:
お.ちるお.つ
On:
ツイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 墜落 【ツイラク】 fall, crash (e.g. aircraft)
  • 墜死 【ツイシ】 falling to one's death
  • 人気失墜 【ニンキシッツイ】 decline in public favor, fall in popularity

Kun reading compounds

  • 落ちる 【おちる】 to fall, to drop, to come down, to crash, to collapse, to cave in, to give way, to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to dip, to go down, to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.), to fall, to drop, to go down, to decline, to deteriorate, to abate (of wind), to be inferior (to), to be not as good (as), to fall short (of), to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.), to come out (of a stain), to fade (of colour), to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.), to disappear (of excess fat), to become thinner, to become leaner, to be left out, to be omitted, to be missing, to fail (an exam), to lose (a contest, election, etc.), to be unsuccessful, to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low), to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell), to fall (in love, asleep, etc.), to fall (into someone's hands), to be accepted (of a bid), to be won (of a tender), to be honoured (of a bill), to fall into (a trap), to fall for (a trick), to give in, to confess, to own up, to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.), to arrive at (in the end), to leave (a city, castle, etc.), to (be defeated and) flee, to sink in, to be accepted (in one's heart), to fall (to the enemy), to be defeated, to come in (of money), to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.), to pass out (in judo), to fall unconscious, to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash, to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline, to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather), to die (of an animal)
  • 落つ 【おつ】 to fall, to drop

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhui4
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • caer
  • dejar caer
  • perder

Portuguese

  • colisão
  • queda

French

  • s'écraser
  • tomber
1606 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1316 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1132 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1240 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1166 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1132 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1184 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1218 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
364 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3578 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2506 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1316 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5451X Morohashi
2881 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1082 New Nelson (John Haig)
1307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1404 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1751 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
3b11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-12-3 SKIP code
2-11-3 SKIP code
7810.4 Four corner code
1-36-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
589c Unicode hex code