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Kanji Detail for 撃 - "to strike, to attack"

撃

  • Meaning

    撃 means "to strike, to attack." Also associated with to shoot.

    1. To strike - To hit hard; to pound.

    2. To attack - To fight against an enemy.

    3. To shoot - To fire a projectile; to hit a target.

  • Words using 撃

    • 攻撃 こうげき Listen attack; assault; raid
    • 打撃 だげき Listen blow; shock; strike
    • 衝撃 しょうげき Listen impact; shock; impulse
    • 爆撃 ばくげき Listen bombing (raid)
    • 反撃 はんげき Listen counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
    • 銃撃 じゅうげき Listen shooting; gunning (down)
    • 襲撃 しゅうげき Listen (surprise) attack; assault; raid
    • 目撃 もくげき Listen witnessing; observing; sighting

  • Four-character idioms with 撃

    • 乱射乱撃 らんしゃらんげき Listen random shooting
    • 人身攻撃 じんしんこうげき Listen personal attack; ad hominem attack
    • 先制攻撃 せんせいこうげき Listen preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
    • 波状攻撃 はじょうこうげき Listen attacking in waves
    • 鼓腹撃壌 こふくげきじょう Listen (people) sing the praises (enjoy the blessings) of peace

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    • Verified meaning: to strike, to attack
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read げき)
    • Also carries these associations: to shoot

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 撃

    Given names 撃(げき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    beat; attack; defeat; conquer

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    strike, hit, beat; attack, fight

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 擊|击[ji1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    geki(ゲキ) ゲキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    u.tsu(う-つ) う-つ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to strike to attack to shoot aim battle fire hit assault beat blow combat fight punch pound knock batter thrash smack thump wallop projectile lash

Sentences including 撃

  • Everyone attacked my opinion.

  • He witnessed the accident.

  • I was shocked by yesterday's news.

  • Tom was a witness to the accident.

  • It was a blow to us.

  • She seems to have seen the very accident.

  • It was there that i saw the accident.

  • We were witnesses of the accident.

  • I would have been shot.

  • We actually didn't see the accident.

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