撃 – beat, attack, defeat

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#473 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 撃 means beat, attack, defeat, conquer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲキ (geki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.つ (utsu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲキ	geki
Kun’yomi	う.つ	utsu

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: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 車・手・殳・几・又.

Words using 撃

撃つうつto shoot (a gun, person, etc.)攻撃こうげきattack衝撃しょうげきimpact打撃だげきblow襲撃しゅうげき(surprise) attack反撃はんげきcounterattack

Example sentences

警察は空砲を撃った。

The police officer fired a blank.

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猟師は熊を撃った。

The hunter shot a bear.

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敵は夜に私達を攻撃した。

The enemy attacked us at night.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技推接授摘批捜

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