Chinese symbol for “attack”
攻击
gōng jī
Traditional: 攻擊
to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for attack is 攻击 (gōng jī), defined as: to attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “attack”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 冲击 (衝擊) | chōng jī | to attack; to batter |
| 攻 | gōng | to attack; to accuse |
| 抨击 (抨擊) | pēng jī | to attack (verbally or in writing) |
| 杀 (殺) | shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 攻击.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进攻 (進攻) | jìn gōng | to attack; to assault |
| 围攻 (圍攻) | wéi gōng | to besiege; to beleaguer |
| 攻势 (攻勢) | gōng shì | (military) offensive |
| 攻占 | gōng zhàn | to seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm |
| 攻略 | gōng lüè | (literary) to storm and capture; strategy; directions; guide; how-to |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “attack”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.