漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
攻: aggression, attack
Also: criticize, polish
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
攵 carries the meaning · 工 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 専攻せんこうmajor (at university)
- 攻撃するこうげきするattack [v.t.]
- 攻略するこうりゃくするcapture
- 攻撃こうげきattack; assault; raid
- 攻勢こうせいoffensive (movement); aggression
せめるsemeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 攻めるせめるattack, criticize
- 質問攻めしつもんぜめbarrage of questions
- 攻めせめattack; offence; offense
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)工 work (sound) + 攴 hand holding a tool or weapon, as 攵 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 攻 (rev. 93593115), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
攻 takes the 工 family's reading, コウ (kou).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gōng
Same form: 攻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 攻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 攻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gōng 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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