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Japanese symbol for “offensive”

Romaji: kougeki
attack; assault; raid; onslaught

In Japanese, offensive is , read (kougeki).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt attack; assault; raid; onslaught; offensive
  2. n, vs, vt criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation
  3. n cyber attack (e.g. DDoS) (comp)

Kanji and stroke order

aggression, attack, criticize
on: コウ
kun: せ.める
7 strokes · JLPT 1
beat, attack, defeat
on: ゲキ
kun: う.つ
15 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “offensive”

WordReadingMeaning
こうせい kouseioffensive (movement); aggression
みみざわり mimizawarihard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping
えげつない egetsunaidirty; vulgar; nasty
オフェンシブ ofenshibuoffensive
こうげきてき kougekitekioffensive; aggressive

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
せんこう senkoumajor subject; special study
せめ semeattack; offence; offense
せめる semeruto attack; to assault; to assail
こうりゃく kouryakucapture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest
しんこう shinkouinvasion
しょうげき shougekiimpact; shock; impulse
うつ utsuto shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
しゅうげき shuugeki(surprise) attack; assault; raid

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.

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