攻 – aggression, attack, criticize

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#532 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 攻 means aggression, attack, criticize, polish. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is せ.める (semeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	せ.める	semeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 工・攵・乞.

Words using 攻

攻撃こうげきattack専攻せんこうmajor subject攻めるせめるto attack攻めせめattack

Example sentences

敵は夜に私達を攻撃した。

The enemy attacked us at night.

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私はフランス語を専攻するつもりです。

I am going to major in French.

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彼は私にその問題をいかに攻めるべきかについて教えてくれた。

He enlightened me on how I should attack the subject.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整敗故散救敏敬敵敷敢

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