Kanji Details:
- 衝
- Frequency:972
- Kun: つ.く
- On: ショウ
- Meaning: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 衝突 しょうとつ collision, conflict 衝撃 しょうげき shock, crash, impact, ballistic 折衝 せっしょう negotiation 要衝 ようしょう important point, strategic position, key point 衝動 しょうどう impulse, impetus, urge 緩衝地帯 かんしょうちたい buffer zone 衝撃波 しょうげきは shock wave 緩衝 かんしょう buffered 衝 しょう important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); (astronomical) opposition 衝く つく to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)