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Kanji Detail for 攻 - "to attack, to criticize, offensive"

攻

  • Meaning

    攻 means "to attack, to criticize, offensive."

    1. To attack - To strike an enemy; to assault.

    2. To criticize - To find fault; to blame.

    3. To study - To polish; to refine through learning and research.

  • Words using 攻

    • 攻撃 こうげき Listen attack; assault; raid
    • 専攻 せんこう Listen major subject; special study
    • 攻め せめ Listen attack; offence; offense
    • 攻勢 こうせい Listen offensive (movement); aggression
    • 攻防 こうぼう Listen offense and defense; offence and defence
    • 攻める せめる Listen to attack; to assault; to assail
    • 攻守 こうしゅ Listen offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
    • 進攻 しんこう Listen attack; drive; advance

  • Four-character idioms with 攻

    • 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
    • 遠交近攻 えんこうきんこう Listen policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby
    • 難攻不落 なんこうふらく Listen impregnable

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    • Verified meaning: to attack, to criticize, offensive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさむ, おさむ, こう, すすむ)

    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 攻

    Given names 攻(いさむ)Listen 攻(おさむ)Listen 攻(こう)Listen

    Surnames 攻(すすむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    aggression; attack; criticize; polish

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    attack, assault; criticize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to accuse; to assault; to criticize

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To attack. Besieging cities is 攻. As in 攻守異勢. | To work on. Such as 攻金, 攻玉. | Criticizing someone's faults is 攻. Such as 攻擊.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    se.meru(せ-める) せ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    to attack to criticize offensive aggression assault charge invade raid strike siege advance ambush barrage conquer onslaught overpower overwhelm pursue storm

Sentences including 攻

  • Everyone attacked my opinion.

  • They advanced on the town.

  • What's your major?

  • Students often pursue their teacher with questions.

  • I decided to major in french.

  • I'm studying voice at a college of music.

  • I am going to major in french.

  • What's your major?

  • What did you major in at college?

  • What do you plan to major in in college?

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