殴

殴

See also: 毆

殴 U+6BB4, 殴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BB4 ← 殳 [U+6BB3] CJK Unified Ideographs 段 → [U+6BB5]

Translingual

Japanese	殴
Simplified	殴
Traditional	毆

Etymology

Simplified from 毆 (區 → 区). In current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : phonetic 区 + semantic 殳 (“action”).

Han character

殴 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸大竹弓水 (SKHNE), composition ⿰区殳)

1. beat, fight with fists, hit
2. to strike, brawl

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 584, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16618
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6BB4

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 殴 – see 毆 (“to beat; to fight with fists; to hit; to strike; to brawl; etc.”). (This character, 殴, is the simplified form of 毆.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	殴
Kyūjitai	毆

Kanji

殴

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 毆)

1. to hit

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)
• Kun: なぐる (naguru, 殴る, Jōyō); うつ (utsu, 殴つ); たたく (tataku, 殴く)