手刀打ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	刀	打
しゅ Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	う Grade: 3

Etymology

Compound of 手刀 (shutō, “knife hand”) +‎ 打ち (uchi, “strike, hit”, from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 打つ utsu, “to hit, to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨto̞ːɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

手(しゅ)刀(とう)打(う)ち • (shutō-uchi) 

1. karate chop

Synonyms

• てがたなうち (​tegatana-uchi)
• チョップ (​choppu)
• ナイフハンド・ストライク (​naifuhando-sutoraiku)