討
討 — Chastise
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiうつ (utsu)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 討
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 検討 | けんとう kentou | consideration; examination; investigation |
| 討論 | とうろん touron | debate; discussion |
| 討議 | とうぎ tougi | debate; discussion |
| 再検討 | さいけんとう saikentou | re-examination; review; reconsideration |
| 追い討ち | おいうち oiuchi | attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound |
| 掃討 | そうとう soutou | cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up |
Study notes
討 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #528 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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