Kanji

叩

strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

口部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たたく, はたく, すぎ

Example sentences

叩く たたく
ドアを三回叩いたが、返事はなかった。

I knocked on the door three times, but there was no answer.

肩 かた
彼は私の肩を叩いた。

He tapped me on the shoulder.

叩きつける たたきつける
彼は怒りでスマホを床に叩きつけた。

He slammed his smartphone onto the floor in anger.

叩き込む たたきこむ
芸のいろはを頭に叩き込んだ。

I drilled the basics of the art into my head.

手を叩く てをたたく
素晴らしい演奏に観客が手を叩いた。

The audience clapped their hands at the wonderful performance.

叩き潰す たたきつぶす
彼は圧倒的な実力でライバルの野望を叩き潰した。

He crushed his rival's ambitions with overwhelming ability.

叩き落とす たたきおとす
彼は相手の剣を叩き落とした。

He knocked the opponent's sword down.

叩き付ける たたきつける
彼は怒って、辞表を机に叩き付けた。

Angry, he slammed his resignation letter onto the desk.

叩きのめす たたきのめす
チャンピオンは挑戦者を徹底的に叩きのめした。

The champion thoroughly crushed the challenger.

軽口を叩く かるくちをたたく
会議の前、彼は同僚に軽口を叩く。

Before meetings, he jokes lightly with his colleagues.

Example Vocabulary

叩く

たたく

to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat

叩きつける

たたきつける

to slam; to throw down hard; to strike hard

叩き込む

たたきこむ

to drive into; to hammer in; to drill into

手を叩く

てをたたく

to clap one's hands

叩き潰す

たたきつぶす

to smash; to crush; to defeat thoroughly

叩き落とす

たたきおとす

to knock down; to strike down; to oust from a position

叩き付ける

たたきつける

to slam or hurl something against a surface; to thrust something at someone forcefully

叩きのめす

たたきのめす

to beat up; to knock down; to crush

軽口を叩く

かるくちをたたく

to joke casually; to make light remarks

叩き出す

たたきだす

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