What does kanji 搗 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 搗 is husk.

How is kanji 搗 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 搗 are か.つ, つ.く; the onyomi readings are トウ.

What words use kanji 搗?

Example words that use kanji 搗 include 搗きたて, 搗き臼, 搗き交ぜる, 搗き米.

Kanken 1

搗

Meaning

Kanji 搗

husk

husk, pound

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: か.つつ.く
Onyomi 音読み: トウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 13
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 島 • 槝 • 𦃭 • 﨩

Related vocabulary

Showing 18 common entries

Showing 18 of 25 entries that include this kanji.

搗きたて

つきたて

freshly pounded (rice cake)

搗き臼

つきうす

mortar (for pounding rice)

搗き交ぜる

つきまぜる

to pound together

搗き米

つきごめ

polished rice

搗く

つく

to hull (rice, barley, etc.)

搗鉱機

とうこうき

stamp mill

搗色

かちいろ

dark indigo (almost black)

搗精

とうせい

rice polishing (removing the shell of brown rice to leave white rice)

搗布

かじめ

Ecklonia cava (species of brown alga)

三分搗

さんぶつき

30% polished rice

臼搗く

うすつく

to pound (rice, etc.)

七分搗き

しちぶづき

seventy percent polished rice

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼はもち米を搗いた。

He pounded glutinous rice.

朝から臼で米を搗いている。

He has been pounding rice in a mortar since morning.

この村では収穫した稲を搗いて食べる。

In this village, harvested rice is husked and eaten.

祖母は静かに餅を搗き始めた。

Grandmother quietly began pounding rice cake dough.

玄米を搗くと白くなる。

Brown rice becomes white when it is husked.

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