Kanji 叩 Words: Meanings and Readings

叩き

はたき

(feather) duster

敲き

たたき

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first)

敲く

たたく

to beat down the price

肩叩き

かたたたき

pounding lightly on the shoulders (to relieve stiffness)

たたき壊す

たたきこわす

to tear down

たたき割る

たたきわる

to smash

たたき起こす

たたきおこす

to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

たたき込む

たたきこむ

to throw into (e.g. jail)

たたき出す

たたきだす

to begin to strike

たたき上げ

たたきあげ

working one's way up

たたき上げる

たたきあげる

to work one's way up

たたき切る

たたききる

to hack

たたき染め

たたきそめ

tatakizome

たたき台

たたきだい

chopping block

たたき売り

たたきうり

sacrifice sale

たたき売る

たたきうる

to sell at a loss

たたき付ける

たたきつける

to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

はたきを掛ける

はたきをかける

to dust (shelves, etc.)

はたき込み

はたきこみ

slapdown

ぶっ叩く

ぶったたく

to beat vigorously

まくら叩き

まくらたたき

pillow fight

もぐら叩き

もぐらたたき

(game of) whack-a-mole

引っぱたく

ひっぱたく

to slap

陰口をたたく

かげぐちをたたく

to backbite

嫁たたき

よめたたき

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility

嫁の尻たたき

よめのしりたたき

traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility

火たたき

ひたたき

traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

火叩き

ひはたき

tool used to extract combusted tobacco from a kiseru pipe

軽口を叩く

かるくちをたたく

to crack jokes

口叩き

くちたたき

talking a lot

屡叩く

しばたく

to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly

手をたたく

てをたたく

to clap

尻たたき

しりたたき

spanking

尻をたたく

しりをたたく

to encourage to do (something)

石橋をたたいて渡る

いしばしをたたいてわたる

being excessively cautious

雪叩き

ゆきたたき

knocking snow off (one's clogs, etc.)

総叩き

そうたたき

thorough bashing

憎まれ口をたたく

にくまれぐちをたたく

to say nasty things (about)

袋だたき

ふくろだたき

beating someone up by ganging up on them

大口をたたく

おおくちをたたく

to boast

大枚をはたく

たいまいをはたく

to spend a fortune

叩きなおす

たたきなおす

to beat into shape

叩きのめす

たたきのめす

to knock down

叩き会う

たたきあう

to speak (to each other)

叩き牛蒡

たたきごぼう

burdock root seasoned with sesame

叩き殺す

たたきころす

to beat to death

叩き消す

たたきけす

to beat out (a fire)

叩き大工

たたきだいく

clumsy carpenter

叩き潰す

たたきつぶす

to smash up

叩き箸

たたきばし

ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)

叩き伏せる

たたきふせる

to knock down

叩き分け

たたきわけ

equal split

叩き返す

たたきかえす

to beat in revenge

叩き落とす

たたきおとす

to knock down

叩く

はたく

to use up money

叩けよさらば開かれん

たたけよさらばひらかれん

knock, and it shall be opened unto you

叩解

こうかい

beating (in papermaking)

叩首

こうしゅ

kowtow

叩打

こうだ

hitting

叩頭

こうとう

kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

叩頭く

ぬかずく

to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground)

叩頭虫

こめつきむし

click beetle

直叩き

じかたたき

hitting the hardware directly

電卓を叩く

でんたくをたたく

to use a calculator

肉たたき

にくたたき

meat tenderizer

日本たたき

にほんたたき

Japan bashing

背部叩打法

はいぶこうだほう

back blow method (for dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe)

買いたたく

かいたたく

to beat down prices

売り叩く

うりたたく

to beat down prices

蝿叩き

はえたたき

fly swatter

百たたき

ひゃくたたき

a hundred lashes

無駄口をたたく

むだぐちをたたく

to chatter pointlessly

木叩

きたたき

white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

目叩く

めたたく

to blink (one's eyes)

門をたたく

もんをたたく

to knock at the gate