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Translingual
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Han character
攻 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人大 (MOK), four-corner 18140, composition ⿰工攵)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13120
- Dae Jaweon: page 817, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1449, character 6
- Unihan data for U+653B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 缸
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*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
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| 篢
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*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
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| 贑
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*kluːmʔ
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| 涳
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*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
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| 江
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*kroːŋ
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| 肛
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*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
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| 扛
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*kroːŋ
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| 杠
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*kroːŋ
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| 豇
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*kroːŋ
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| 茳
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*kroːŋ
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| 釭
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*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
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| 矼
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*kroːŋ
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| 玒
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*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
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| 虹
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*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
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| 腔
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*kʰroːŋ
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| 崆
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*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
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| 羫
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*kʰroːŋ
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| 控
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*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
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| 椌
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*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
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| 悾
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*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
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| 跫
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*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
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| 啌
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*qʰroːŋ
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| 谾
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*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
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| 舡
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*qʰroːŋ
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| 缻
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*ɡroːŋ
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| 項
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*ɡroːŋʔ
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| 屸
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*ɡ·roːŋ
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| 功
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*koːŋ
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| 工
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*koːŋ
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| 疘
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*koːŋ
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| 魟
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*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
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| 攻
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*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
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| 愩
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*koːŋ
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| 碽
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*koːŋ
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| 貢
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*koːŋs
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| 羾
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*koːŋs
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| 空
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*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
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| 箜
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*kʰoːŋ
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| 硿
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*kʰoːŋ
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| 埪
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*kʰoːŋ
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| 鵼
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*kʰoːŋ
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| 倥
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*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
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| 鞚
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*kʰoːŋs
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| 叿
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*qʰoːŋ
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| 嗊
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*qʰoːŋʔ
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| 訌
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*ɡoːŋ
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| 紅
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*ɡoːŋ
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| 仜
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*ɡoːŋ
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| 葒
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*ɡoːŋ
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| 渱
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*ɡoːŋ
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| 鴻
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*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
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| 汞
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*ɡoːŋʔ
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| 澒
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*ɡoːŋʔ
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| 鞏
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*koŋʔ
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| 巩
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*koŋʔ
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| 銎
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*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
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| 恐
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*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
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| 蛩
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*ɡoŋ
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| 筇
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*ɡoŋ
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| 桏
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*ɡoŋ
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| 邛
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*ɡoŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 攵.
Etymology
Cognate with 工 (OC *koːŋ). See there for more.
- “top; seme”
- Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 攻め (seme).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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攻
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gōng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁoŋ/
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| English
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attack
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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攻
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攻
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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4027
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4065
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Phonetic
component
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工
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工
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Rime
group
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東
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終
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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公
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攻
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Old
Chinese
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/*koːŋ/
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/*kuːŋ/
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Definitions
攻
- to attack; to assault
- 進攻／进攻 ― jìngōng ― to attack
- to criticize
- (slang) top; seme
- to handle; to delve into
- (Cantonese, of odour and smoke) to spread in air
對面樓火燭，啲煙攻嗮入我間屋度。 [Cantonese, trad.]
对面楼火烛，啲烟攻嗮入我间屋度。 [Cantonese, simp.]- deoi3 min6 lau4-2 fo2 zuk1, di1 jin1 gung1 saai3 jap6 ngo5 gaan1 uk1 dou6.
- The building opposite is on fire, and a lot of smoke came into my home.
- a surname
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "top"): 受 (shòu)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
攻
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- attack
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
攻 (eumhun 칠 공 (chil gong))
- Hanja form? of 공 (“attack, hit”).
Vietnamese
Han character
攻: Hán Nôm readings: công
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