Japanese symbol for “kick”
反動
はんどう
Romaji: handou
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
In Japanese, kick is 反動, read はんどう (handou).
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Meanings
- n reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “kick”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| キック | キック kikku | kick |
| 蹴る | ける keru | to kick |
| 蹴り | けり keri | kick |
| 足蹴 | あしげ ashige | kick |
| 蹴飛ばす | けとばす ketobasu | to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反対 | はんたい hantai | opposition; resistance; antagonism |
| 反応 | はんのう hannou | reaction; response |
| 違反 | いはん ihan | violation; offense; offence |
| 反発 | はんぱつ hanpatsu | opposition; rebellion; revolt |
| 反省 | はんせい hansei | reflection; reconsideration; introspection |
| 反乱 | はんらん hanran | insurrection; mutiny; rebellion |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
See also: Chinese symbol for “kick”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.