打つ

Meanings

1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
3. to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
4. to move; to impress; to touch
5. to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate

Part of speech: godan verb (つ), transitive

Kanji

• 打

  Meanings

  strike, hit, knock, pound

  On reading

  ダ、ダース

  Kun reading

  う.つ、う.ち-、ぶ.つ

  Strokes

  5

Example sentences

• 階段から落ちて背中を強く打ちました。

  I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.

  Tatoeba #184910 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ８時をちょうど打ちましたね。

  It has just struck eight, hasn't it?

  Tatoeba #234931 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 雨が窓を打った。

  The rain whipped against the window.

  Tatoeba #189664 · CC BY 2.0 FR