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攻 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「攵」

道
4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
せ(める)se(meru)
Meaning
attack; study intensively

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

工 with 攵 "a hand striking": to bring force to bear — to attack; also to pursue a study.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō攻守こうしゅ攻撃こうげき専攻せんこう
Kunせめるsemeru攻めるせめる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 攻めるせめる

    to attack

  • 専攻せんこう

    one's major (field)

More words with this kanji

  • 攻訐こうけつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大学(だいがく)では歴史(れきし)を専攻(せんこう)したい。

I want to major in history at university.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

専攻攻専specia…敏quick敷spread放releas…政govern…故reason仰look…抗resist更renew荒rough狭narrow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 攵Map of reading コウAll maps

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

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