打 means “hit, strike”

うつ · utsu

Also: knock, pound

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うつ, うち-, ぶつ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ダ, ダース

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 3 · 5 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) driving a nail (丁): striking. 打つ is to hit, from a baseball to a keyboard, a 打者 is the batter facing the pitcher, and 打ち合わせ is the planning meeting before the real work begins.

Used in 打つ (utsu, to hit/strike), 打者 (dasha, batter), and 打ち合わせ (uchiawase, planning meeting)

More from Victory & Defeat

• 争 compete
• 位 rank
• 格 status
• 球 ball
• 負 lose
• 失 lose
• 段 step
• 敗 defeat
• 突 thrust
• 破 tear
• 抜 pull out
• 努 effort

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.