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撃 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「手」

道
4Junior high level ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「手」
On
ゲキげき · geki
Kun
う(つ)u(tsu)
Meaning
strike; attack

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

手 "hand" with 毄 "to beat": to strike hard with the hand — to attack.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲキげきgeki撃退げきたい攻撃こうげき打撃だげき
Kunうつutsu撃つうつ早撃ちはやうち

Compare: 打つ・討つ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 衝撃しょうげき

    shock; impact

  • 目撃もくげき

    witnessing

More words with this kanji

  • 撃墜げきつい
  • 挟撃きょうげき
  • 威嚇射撃いかくしゃげき
  • 狙撃そげき
  • 轂を撃つこしきをうつ
  • 邀撃ようげき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

事故(じこ)を目撃(もくげき)した人(ひと)を探(さが)している。

They are looking for someone who witnessed the accident.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

目撃衝撃撃目eye衝collid…手hand折to fol…承to rec…挘to plu…拿to sei…郤a crev…戟halber…隙gap覡a male…劇drama
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 手Map of reading ゲキAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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