Kanji N1

討: chastise, attack, defeat

討 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning chastise, attack, defeat, written with 10 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and うつ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 検討 (けんとう, consideration) and 討論 (とうろん, debate).

討

Meanings

  • chastise
  • attack
  • defeat
  • destroy
  • conquer
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#528 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

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

Kun reading
  • うつ

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

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Common words with 討

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

  • 検討けんとう

    consideration; examination; investigation; study

    JLPT N3
  • 討論とうろん

    debate; discussion

    JLPT N1
  • 討議とうぎ

    debate; discussion

    JLPT N1
  • 討つうつ

    to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer

    JLPT N2
  • 再検討さいけんとう

    re-examination; review; reconsideration

  • 掃討そうとう

    cleaning up (enemy remnants)

  • 追い討ちおいうち

    attacking a fleeing enemy

  • 夜討ちようち

    night attack

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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.