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攻

gōng

attack

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components
工 sound component

工  Sound component

gōng

  

work

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

攻 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
攻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
攻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

攻  

gōng

attack, assault; criticize; to attack; to accuse; to study

Most common words with 攻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

攻击

to attack

进攻

to attack

攻

to attack

攻势

(military) offensive

围攻

to besiege

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤoŋ

kuwng

gōng

attack


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 29.0085% of movies

1035th most common character in movies

588th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+653B

Shuowen

“攻，擊也。从攴，工聲。”


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