Japanese symbol for “contradicting”

駁撃

ばくげき

Romaji: bakugeki

attacking (someone's argument); arguing against; refuting; taking issue

In Japanese, contradicting is 駁撃, read ばくげき (bakugeki).

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Meanings

n, vs attacking (someone's argument); arguing against; refuting; taking issue; contradicting

Kanji and stroke order

駁

refutation, contradiction

on: ハク、バク
kun: ぶち、まじ.る、まだら

14 strokes

撃

beat, attack, defeat

on: ゲキ
kun: う.つ

15 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
反駁	はんばく hanbaku	refutation; rebuttal; retort
論駁	ろんばく ronbaku	refutation; confutation
雑駁	ざっぱく zappaku	confused; inconsistent; incoherent
甲論乙駁	こうろんおつばく kouron'otsubaku	arguments pro and con
弁駁	べんばく benbaku	refutation; contradiction; rebuttal
駁論	ばくろん bakuron	refutation; confutation
攻撃	こうげき kougeki	attack; assault; raid
衝撃	しょうげき shougeki	impact; shock; impulse

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.