Japanese symbol for “kicking”
足蹴り
あしげり
Romaji: ashigeri
kicking (an opponent)
In Japanese, kicking is 足蹴り, read あしげり (ashigeri).
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Meanings
- n kicking (an opponent) (MA)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “kicking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ビート | ビート biito | kick (in swimming); kicking |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 満足 | まんぞく manzoku | satisfaction; contentment; gratification |
| 不足 | ふそく fusoku | insufficiency; deficiency; shortage |
| 足跡 | あしあと ashiato | footprints |
| 足元 | あしもと ashimoto | at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step") |
| 発足 | ほっそく hossoku | starting; inauguration; launch |
| 手足 | てあし teashi | hands and feet; limbs |
| 一蹴 | いっしゅう isshuu | flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside |
| 蹴る | ける keru | to 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.