突く (つく): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

突く (つく) means to thrust / to poke.

See example sentences below.

突く at a glance

突く

つくtsuku

N3verb

to thrust / to poke

突くつくtsukuN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to thrust / to poke

Example 1

彼はナイフで敵を突いた。

Translation

He thrust a knife at the enemy.

Example 2

子どもが私の肩を軽く突いた。

Translation

The child lightly poked my shoulder.