Kanji
N3 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #521

stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

cave ana

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

collision; crash
breaking through; breakthrough
abrupt; sudden
rushing into; breaking into
abrupt; sudden
projection; protrusion
rush; dash
crash; smashing (into)
chimney; smokestack
protuberance; projection

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

thrust; stab
prop; strut
to push up; to thrust up
to thrust (at someone); to stick
to push on; to plunge forward
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down
to project; to stick out
protrusion; projection

Example sentences

I wouldn't ever want to cross him.

Our bus collided with a truck.

We broke through the enemy lines.

Our army broke through the enemy defenses.