Kanji1 / 13
触 kanji
contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
ショク
Kun readings
ふれるさわるさわ
Variant forms
觸Words with 触
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1感触Popularfeel (of something); touch; texture; sensation; feeling; impression
- N1接触Populartouch; contact; touching
- —触覚Popularsense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
- —触媒Popularcatalyst
- —触発Populardetonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking; provocation; inspiration
- —抵触Popularinfringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction; collision; contact; touching
- —触感(tactile) feel; sense of touch
- —触手feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
- —触角feeler; antenna
- —触診palpation
- —筆触feel of a brush or pen
- —触肢pedipalp
- —触鬚barbel; barb; palp; palpus
- —触官tactile organ; touch organ
- —触球tag out; tag
- —触法infringement of the law
- —触穢uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
- —触腕tentacle; feeler
- —幻触tactile hallucination
- —触雷striking a naval mine; hitting an underwater mine