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Zach

撲

Reading

Kana: ボク
Romaji: boku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  64
Frequency:  1283
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-12
Korean Reading:  bog
Chinese Reading:  pu1
Unicode:  64b2
JIS:  4B50

Indexes

Halpern Index: 733
Nelson Index: 1993
New Nelson Index: 2274
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c12.1
Four Corner Index: 5203.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1822
Gakken Index: 1497
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12755
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0398
Remembering the kanji Index: 1793
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1384
Kodansha Compact Index: 927
Kanji in Context Index: 1489
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 513
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 666
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1810
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1932
Essential Kanji Index: 1464
Kodansha Kanji Index: 903
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1363
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1771

Words

相撲 (すもう、すまい)
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
撲滅 (ぼくめつ)
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
打撲 (だぼく)
blow; hit (on the body); beating
相撲字 (すもうじ)
writing style used to write the rankings
相撲甚句 (すもうじんく)
sumo-themed song; song sung at sumo events
大相撲 (おおずもう)
professional sumo wrestling
撲殺 (ぼくさつ)
beat to death
打撲傷 (だぼくしょう)
bruise; contusion
相撲取り (すもうとり、すまいとり)
wrestler; rikishi
相撲部屋 (すもうべや)
stable
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