Japanese symbol for “refuting”
駁撃
ばくげき
Romaji: bakugeki
attacking (someone's argument); arguing against; refuting; taking issue
In Japanese, refuting 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
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.