Godan verb, intransitive verb

  1. to run into, to collide with, to crash into, to bump against.
  2. to come to the end of (a street).
  3. to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.), to run up against.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
突き当たる つきあたる
 
 
突き当る つきあたる
 
 
 
衝き当たる つきあたる
 
 
衝き当る つきあたる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

stab, protruding, thrust
トツ つ.く カ (7th, N3)
hole, aperture, slit
あな ケツ けな (6th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
hit, right, appropriate
トウ あ.たる まさ.に (2nd, N3)
snout, hand