衝 — collide, brunt, highway

しょう衝 collide

しょう

U+885D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #972 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1811 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

collide
brunt
highway
opposition
thrust
pierce
stab
prick

Readings

On'yomi: しょう shou
Kun'yomi: つ tsu

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しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

衝(しょう) 撃(げき) shougeki shock 衝(しょう) 突(とつ) shoutotsu collision 衝(しょう) 動(どう) shoudou impulse 折(せっ) 衝(しょう) sesshou negotiation 要(よう) 衝(しょう) youshou important point

Words by frequency and grade

5 words

Each dot is a word containing 衝: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

いく行 go #144

じゅう重 heavy

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