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撞 = 扌 + 童

撞 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bump into”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 童 (juvenile). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2351.

Keyword
bump into
RTK frame
2351
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ドウ, トウ, シュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つ.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
thrust, ударить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
撞 knock against

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 童 juvenile

How to find 撞 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “juvenile”. 撞 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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