討 — kanji meaning “chastise”
討
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
- Meanings
- chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- う.つ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #528 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- tǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 討
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 検討 | けんとう kentou | consideration; examination; investigation |
| 討論 | とうろん touron | debate; discussion |
| 討議 | とうぎ tougi | debate; discussion |
| 討つ | うつ utsu | to attack; to destroy; to defeat |
| 掃討 | そうとう soutou | cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up |
| 討伐 | とうばつ toubatsu | subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing |
| 敵討ち | かたきうち katakiuchi | vengeance; revenge; retaliation |
| 討ち入り | うちいり uchiiri | storming (e.g. an enemy's castle); attack; raid |
| 返り討ち | かえりうち kaeriuchi | killing a would-be avenger |
| 夜討ち | ようち youchi | night attack |
| 討ち死に | うちじに uchijini | death in battle; death on the battlefield |
| 討滅 | とうめつ toumetsu | destroying; annihilating; eradicating |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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