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撃

撃 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 物を強く打ち当てる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「擊」の略体。「擊」については擊#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

beat, attack, defeat, conquer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲキJHS
Kun (native)
  • う(つ)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音ji1
  • 한글gyeog
  • Hán-ViệtKích

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6483

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱軗手

Words using this kanji

  • 撃つうつうつ 参照to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire
  • 撃墜げきつい飛行するものを撃ち落とすこと。shooting down (an aircraft)
  • 撃沈げきちん敵の艦船や船舶を攻撃して沈没させること。 私生活や仕事で失敗すること。力尽きること。(attacking and) sinking (a ship), sending (a ship) to the bottom
  • 撃破げきは敵を撃ち破ること。 敵に大きな損害を与えること。defeating, crushing, smashing, destroying
  • 撃退げきたい敵や賊などを攻撃して退けること。repulse, repelling (e.g. the enemy), driving back
  • 撃ち合いうちあいgunfight, exchange of shots, firefight
  • 撃砕げきさい物や敵を打ち砕くこと。pulverising
  • 撃滅げきめつ相手をうち破ること。destruction, annihilation, extermination
  • 撃発げきはつ銃の引き金を引いて弾丸を撃つこと。percussion (fuse)
  • 撃剣げきけんfencing, kendo
  • 撃鉄げきてつ小銃で弾丸の雷管を強く打つ装置。percussion hammer, firing hammer, cocking piece
  • 撃力げきりょくimpulsive force
  • 撃壌げきじょうto stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing, ancient Chinese game of wooden clog throwing
  • 撃攘げきじょうrepulse (e.g. enemy), repelling, driving off
  • 撃針げきしん銃や爆破装置で使用する部品の一つ。firing pin
  • 撃茎げきけい銃砲でばねなどを使い、撃針を薬莢の底を打って雷管を発火させる装置。firing pin
  • 撃術げきじゅつKuk Sul Do (Korean martial arts style)
  • 撃柝げきたくstriking of clappers, night watch (while striking clappers)
  • 撃ち方うちかたway to shoot (a gun), way to fire, firing, shooting
  • 撃ち殺すうちころすto shoot dead, to shoot to death

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-4
Four Corner
5750.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c11.7
Heisig
766
Nelson
1986