Kanji Database
English
攻

攻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

aggression, attack, criticize, polish

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Kun (native)
  • せ(める)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • おさむ
Other languages
  • 拼音gong1
  • 한글gong
  • Hán-ViệtCông

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
攴(のぶん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+653B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰工攵

Words using this kanji

  • 攻撃こうげき進んで敵を攻め討つこと。 議論で相手を非難すること。 試合で攻める側に立つこと。attack, assault, raid, onslaught
  • 攻めせめattack, offence, offense, assault
  • 攻勢こうせい攻める勢い。攻める態勢。offensive (movement), aggression
  • 攻防こうぼう攻めと守り。攻撃と防御。offense and defense, offence and defence
  • 攻めるせめるせめる 参照to attack, to assault, to assail, to challenge
  • 攻守こうしゅ攻めることと守ること。攻撃と守備。offense and defense, offence and defence, batting and fielding
  • 攻略こうりゃく攻撃して奪い取ること。 攻撃して相手を打ち負かすこと。capture (of enemy territory), taking (by storm), conquest, attack
  • 攻め込むせめこむto invade, to attack, to breach, to penetrate
  • 攻め立てるせめたてるto make an incessant onslaught, to attack incessantly
  • 攻究こうきゅうspecialization (in a field of study), study
  • 攻城こうじょう城を攻めること。castle siege
  • 攻囲こういある場所を包囲して攻めること。siege
  • 攻学こうがくdedication to study or research
  • 攻玉こうぎょく玉を磨くこと。 智徳を磨くこと。cultivating knowledge and virtue
  • 攻伐こうばつ攻め、討つこと。subjugation, attacking, conquering
  • 攻防戦こうぼうせんbattle
  • 攻め口せめくちmethod of attack, place of attack
  • 攻め手せめてoffense, offence, method of attack
  • 攻撃力こうげきりょくoffensive strength, offensive power, striking power
  • 攻撃的こうげきてき相手を激しく責めるさま。相手に対して寛容さがないさま。 競技において積極的に相手を攻撃するさま。offensive, aggressive

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(170 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-4
Four Corner
1814.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i3.2
Heisig
352
Nelson
1457