Entry
  1. Noun

    whip; lash; scourge

    Usually written using kana alone

    その残酷な男は犬をムチで打った。
    The cruel man beat the dog with a whip.
  2. stick; cane; rod; pointer

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. encouragement; rebuke; spur; goad

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 笞【むち】策【むち】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

whip, rod, counter for whippings

Kun
むちむちうつ
On
ベンヘン
Strokes
18
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
leather

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-9-9SKIP code
3k15.8The Kanji Dictionary
4154.6Four corner code
97adUnicode hex code
1-42-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5104Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6595New Nelson (John Haig)
2272Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1603Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2783Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2804Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2752Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
42937Morohashi
bian1Pinyin reading
pyeonKorean reading