Hanja Analyzer
攻

攻 — gong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
칠[擊] 공
Romanization
gong
English
attack, assault; criticize
Mandarin
gōng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
せ.める
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#532 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
攴 (66, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
工
Unicode
U+653B

Parts that make up 攻

  • 工 장인 공sound 땅을 다지는 연장 또는 곱자만들고 다듬는 일. 소리로도 자주 쓴다
  • 攵 variant of 攴 손에 든 막대기치고 때려 시키는 일. 오른쪽에서 攵 으로 쓴다

How 攻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 攻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 工, 攴.

Korean example words with 攻

  • 내공來攻 Korean gloss: 침공하여 옴
  • 공탈攻奪 Korean gloss: 공격하여 빼앗음
  • 공습攻襲 Korean gloss: 갑자기 공격하여 침
  • 공성攻城 Korean gloss: 성이나 요새를 공격함
  • 맹공猛攻 Korean gloss: 맹렬히 나아가 적을 침
  • 빈공貧攻 Korean gloss: 구기 경기에서, 약한 공격력
  • 침공侵攻 Korean gloss: 다른 나라를 침범하여 공격함
  • 측공側攻 Korean gloss: 옆에서 들이침. 또는 그런 일
  • 화공火攻 Korean gloss: 전쟁 때에, 불로 적을 공격함
  • 공세攻勢 Korean gloss: 공격하는 태세. 또는 그런 세력
  • 공수攻守 Korean gloss: 공격과 수비를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 반공反攻 Korean gloss: 공격을 받다가 반대로 공세를 취함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 攻

  • 攻撃こうげき attack; assault; raid
  • 専攻せんこう major subject; special study
  • 攻めせめ attack; offence; offense
  • 攻勢こうせい offensive (movement); aggression
  • 攻防こうぼう offense and defense; offence and defence
  • 侵攻しんこう invasion
  • 攻めるせめる to attack; to assault; to assail
  • 攻守こうしゅ offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
  • 進攻しんこう attack; drive; advance
  • 猛攻もうこう fierce attack
  • 速攻そっこう swift attack; quick attack; fast break
  • 攻略こうりゃく capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest

Characters sharing the phonetic 工

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “공”

Other hanja with radical 攴

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