Kanji N2

触: contact, touch, feel

触 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning contact, touch, feel, written with 13 strokes. It is read ショク (on) and ふれる, さわる, さわ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 触れる (ふれる, to touch) and 触る (さわる, to touch).

触

Meanings

  • contact
  • touch
  • feel
  • hit
  • proclaim
  • announce
  • conflict
Strokes13
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#904 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ふれる
  • さわる
  • さわ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 触

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 触れるふれる

    to touch; to feel

    JLPT N3
  • 触るさわる

    to touch; to feel; to handle

    JLPT N4
  • 接触せっしょく

    touch; contact; touching

    JLPT N1
  • 感触かんしょく

    feel (of something); touch; texture; sensation

    JLPT N1
  • 気触れるかぶれる

    to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant)

    JLPT N1
  • 触発しょくはつ

    detonation by contact; contact detonation

  • 抵触ていしょく

    infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.)

  • 触媒しょくばい

    catalyst

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.