攻 — kanji meaning “aggression”
攻
aggression, attack, criticize, polish
- Meanings
- aggression, attack, criticize, polish
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- せ.める
- Name readings
- おさむ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #532 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 66
- Chinese reading
- gōng — Chinese character page
Words with 攻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 攻撃 | こうげき kougeki | attack; assault; raid |
| 専攻 | せんこう senkou | major subject; special study |
| 攻め | せめ seme | attack; offence; offense |
| 攻める | せめる semeru | to attack; to assault; to assail |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest |
| 侵攻 | しんこう shinkou | invasion |
| 速攻 | そっこう sokkou | swift attack; quick attack; fast break |
| 攻防 | こうぼう koubou | offense and defense; offence and defence |
| 攻勢 | こうせい kousei | offensive (movement); aggression |
| 攻守 | こうしゅ koushu | offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding |
| 特攻隊 | とっこうたい tokkoutai | special attack unit; kamikaze unit; suicide squad |
| 猛攻 | もうこう moukou | fierce attack |
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