Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1283

slap, strike, hit, beat, tell

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

sumo (wrestling)
professional sumo wrestling
blow; hit (on the body)
eradication; extermination
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills
International Sumo Federation (highest body in amateur sumo)
having bruises all over one's body; multiple contusions
vendor at a sumo tournament
facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
sumo world; sumo wrestling community

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

wrestling in which both wrestlers grasp the other's belt with both hands
sumo wrestler; rikishi
sumo wrestler
to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul
to wrestle with; to contest an issue
wrestling performed in a sitting position

Example sentences

He is a big sumo enthusiast.

They are Japanese sumo wrestlers.

In the near future, we will be able to put an end to AIDS.

They are waging a campaign against AIDS.