# 突 — Stab

Frequency rank 442 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 投 (Throw), less common than 習 (Learn).

- On’yomi: とつ
- Kun’yomi: つ
- Radical: 穴 Cave (Kangxi 116)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A hole on top drops something big below — through the hole, a big object drops and stabs into the ground below with a violent impact.

In words:

- 突く つく — (1) to thrust,to strike,(2) to poke
- 突然 とつぜん — abruptly,suddenly,unexpectedly,all at once
- 突如 とつじょ — suddenly;all of a sudden

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