搗く

舂く

Reading

Kana: つく

Romaji: tsuku

Definition

v5k

vt

1

to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

搗

Readings: トウ、 つ.く、 か.つ

Meanings: pound, husk

舂

Readings: ショウ、 うすつ.く、 うすづ.く、 つ.く

Meanings: pound (mortar), sink, set (sun)