突

突 U+FA55, 突 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA55 ← 穀 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 節 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

Note that in Japanese shinjitai, the bottom component is 大 and not 犬.

Han character

突 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+4 in Chinese, 穴+3 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese, 8 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 十金戈大 (JCIK), four-corner 3043₀, composition ⿱穴犬(GHTKV) or ⿱穴大(J))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 863, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25424
• Dae Jaweon: page 1291, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2722, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7A81

• Unihan data for U+FA55

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 突
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 穴 (“cave; den”) + 犬 (“dog”) – a dog suddenly coming out of a den.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

突

1. to dash forward; to break through; to charge
2. suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
3. to go against; to offend
4. to stick out; to protrude
5. (historical) flue; chimney
6. (onomatopoeia) pit-a-pat (tapping sounds)
7. to chug; to gulp liquid
8. (Cantonese) to be in excess; to have extra
9. (Cantonese) with excess
10. (obsolete) to penetrate; to pierce

    • 鄭子展、子產帥車七百乘伐陳，宵突陳城，遂入之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      郑子展、子产帅车七百乘伐陈，宵突陈城，遂入之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

      Zhèng Zǐzhǎn, Zǐchǎn shuài chē qībǎi shèng fá Chén, xiāo tū Chén chéng, suì rù zhī.

      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

突

1. Used in the place name 趵突泉, a famous spring in Jinan, Shandong, China.

References

• “突”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	突
Kyūjitai	突 突 or 突+︀?
	突󠄁 突+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	突󠄃 突+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 突)

1. poke
   1. prod, nudge
   2. prick, stab
   3. bump into, collide
   4. stick out, protrude
2. suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly
3. (martial arts) an attacking move in kendo, sumo, et al.; thrust, lunge

Readings

• Go-on: どち (dochi)
• Kan-on: とつ (totsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: つく (tsuku, 突く, Jōyō); つき (tsuki, 突き); つつく (tsutsuku, 突く); つん (tsun, 突ん)

Compounds

Usage notes

A CJK compatibility ideograph (U+FA55) exists for the kyūjitai form of 突.

References

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 突 (MC dwot|thwot).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

突

Wikisource

突 (eumhun 갑자기 돌 (gapjagi dol))

1. Hanja form^? of 돌 (“dash; clash”).
2. Hanja form^? of 돌 (“sudden”).
3. Hanja form^? of 돌 (“protrusion; penetration; piercing”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

突: Hán Nôm readings: đột, đuột, sột, tọt, chặt, chợt, dột, đợt, đụt, lọt, mất

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