Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

撃: beat, attack

Also: defeat, conquer

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

手 carries the meaning · 車 and 殳 are drawn in

15 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ゲキgeki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 攻撃こうげきattack; assault; raid
  • 打撃だげき
  • 衝撃しょうげきimpact; shock; impulse
  • 爆撃ばくげきbombing (raid)
  • 反撃はんげきcounterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
  • 銃撃じゅうげきshooting; gunning (down)
  • 襲撃しゅうげき(surprise) attack; assault; raid

うつutsu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 撃つうつto shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand (meaning) + 毄 (sound)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 毄, probably reinforced by the "hit against" semantics of 毄 – to strike with the hand.

Source: Wiktionary, 擊 (rev. 91975043), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Lend a hand! This radical is the ultimate symbol of human action and creativity.”
More in the 手 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
車

Also built on cart (車)

All 19
殳

Also built on lance shaft (殳)

All 15
手

Also built on hand (手)

All 6

Also read ゲキ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
撃 beat · 殳 + 手
vs範 pattern · 竹 + 卩
撃 has 殳 + 手 where 範 has 竹 + 卩.
In ChineseSimplified 击 · traditional 擊 · jī

Three different forms: Japanese 撃, simplified 击, traditional 擊.

Simplified
击 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
擊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jī most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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