# 撃 — Attack

Frequency rank 576 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 被 (Cover), less common than 押 (Push).

- On’yomi: げき
- Kun’yomi: う
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A car on top crashes into a hand holding a weapon below -- a car smashing into an armed hand is a violent attack.

In words:

- 撃つ うつ — to attack,to defeat,to destroy
- 攻撃 こうげき — attack,strike,offensive,criticism,censure
- 襲撃 しゅうげき — attack;charge;raid

[Study 撃](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E6%92%83)

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