突く
N2つく tsuku
- to thrust
- to strike
- to poke
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
刺;戳;支
Examples
- テーブルにひじを突くのはやめなさい。Stop resting your elbows on the table.不要用胳膊肘撑在桌上。
- 針で親指を突いてしまった。I pricked my thumb with a needle.针扎到了我的拇指。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('f6833a87fe'); // 突く
{
"id": "f6833a87fe",
"word": "突く",
"reading": "つく",
"romaji": "tsuku",
"meanings": [
"to thrust",
"to strike",
"to poke"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1456890,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "テーブルにひじを突くのはやめなさい。",
"furigana": "テーブルにひじを{突|つ}くのはやめなさい。",
"en": "Stop resting your elbows on the table.",
"tatoeba_id": 202423
},
{
"ja": "針で親指を突いてしまった。",
"furigana": "{針|はり}で{親指|おやゆび}を{突|つ}いてしまった。",
"en": "I pricked my thumb with a needle.",
"tatoeba_id": 144706
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "658897ef159900ca53ff4ba260b92d3105bebdddb7f4a4285f65179ab0c92c6d",
"meanings": [
"刺",
"戳",
"支"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "テーブルにひじを突くのはやめなさい。",
"zh": "不要用胳膊肘撑在桌上。"
},
{
"ja": "針で親指を突いてしまった。",
"zh": "针扎到了我的拇指。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/f6833a87fe",
"JMdict ent_seq 1456890; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "d64053e5e35f48858c4f869ada6aea464aebaf3ff36c12c94c0f5f3f1915210c"
}
}