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撃

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 576 / 2,608

Attack

On’yomi
げき
Kun’yomi
う
Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

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

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

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 destroyN3
攻撃 こうげき attack,strike,offensive,criticism,censureN3
襲撃 しゅうげき attack;charge;raidN1

撃 is rank 576 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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