Kanji

hammer, mallet

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

木部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ツイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つち

Example sentences

相槌を打つ あいづちをうつ
彼は私の話に何度も相槌を打った。

He nodded many times to my story.

相槌 あいづち
彼女は友人の悩みに静かに相槌を打った。

She quietly nodded along while her friend talked about her worries.

つち
職人は槌で釘を軽く打った。

The craftsperson tapped the nail lightly with a mallet.

鉄槌 てっつい
独裁者に正義の鉄槌が下された

The hammer of justice was brought down on the dictator.

金槌 かなづち
壁に釘を打つために金槌が必要だ。

A hammer is needed to drive a nail into the wall.

破城槌 はじょうつい
軍は破城槌で城門を破った。

The army broke through the castle gate with a battering ram.

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