Meaning of 殴り書き(なぐりがき) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 殴り書き

Kana Reading なぐりがき

Romaji nagurigaki

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

scribble; scrawl

Examples of 殴り書き, なぐりがき in a sentence

メモには、水に浮かぶ練習をさせるように、と殴り書きされていた。

On the memo was scrawled, 'have her practice floating in the water.'
彼からは殴り書きの手紙が一通届いただけで、その後音沙汰が無い。

I got a scribbled note from him, but haven't heard from him since.

Related Kanji

殴 JLPT 1

8 strokes

assault, hit, beat, thrash

On'Yomi: オウ

Kun'Yomi: なぐ.る

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書 JLPT 5

10 strokes

write

On'Yomi: ショ

Kun'Yomi: か.く, -が.き, -がき

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