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Attack Hand Strike Shock Car Beat Troops Missiles

Kanji
Onyomi ゲキ
Kunyomi う.つ
English beat, attack, defeat, conquer
Examples 撃つ(うつ): (1) to shoot (at) (2) to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge
攻撃(こうげき): (1) attack; strike; offensive (2) criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation
打撃(だげき): (1) blow; shock; strike; damage (2) batting (baseball)
衝撃(しょうげき): shock; crash; impact; ballistic
反撃(はんげき): counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
襲撃(しゅうげき): attack; charge; raid
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 473
Components 車: car
殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
手: hand
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 64
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading て・てへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword beat
Koohii Story 1 Your car has missles?! That beats mine, hands down.
Koohii Story 2 Think 3 methods of attack all combined into 1 kanji: 1. Vehicle to transport troops 2. Once troops have disembarked they have their missiles 3. If they run out of missiles they resort to hand to hand combat to beat the enemy.
RTK Index 709

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_human.activities_fighting, kanji_human.activities_fighting

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