つく

See also: つぐ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of つく – see the following entries.

【付く】 [verb] to attach itself to, to stick (to), to adhere (to), to be connected with [verb] to come in contact with, to touch, to reach [verb] to be attached to, to belong to, to join, to associate with, to take up the cause of [verb] to gain (weight, power), to become proficient, to grow (wise) [verb] to attend on, to go with, to accompany, to be by someone's side [verb] to be installed, to be built [verb] to be written, to be registered [verb] to be perceived, to be detected [verb] to catch fire, to be ignited [verb] to take, to take root [verb] to cost, to amount to [verb] to be settled, to be established [verb] to be in luck [verb] (slang, euphemistic) (of a penis) to be attached to someone [suffix] attaches to ideophones and mimetic roots to indicate performing or acting of such action Alternative spellings 附く, 属く

【突く】 [verb] poke, push, jab, prod, ram Alternative spellings 衝く, 撞く, 捺く

【着く】 [verb] to arrive, to reach a destination [verb] to settle oneself somewhere

(This term, つく (tsuku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as つく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つく.

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of つく – see the following entry: 賃

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Etymology 3

Noun

つく • (tsuku) 

1. 女房言葉 (nyobō kotoba) of 土筆 (tsukushi)

Etymology 4

Attested in the Taketori Monogatari.

Noun

つく • (tsuku) 

1. (hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. a rafter
   2. a short pillar
   3. misspelling of つし (tsushi, “the top from a beam of a house”)