攻

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 攻. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 攻, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 攻 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 攻 you have here. The definition of the word 攻 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of攻, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
攻 U+653B, 攻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653B
← 攺
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攼 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

攻 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人大 (MOK), four-corner 18140, composition ⿰工攵)

Derived characters

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

simp. and trad.
 攻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
缸 *kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢 *kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑 *kluːmʔ
涳 *ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江 *kroːŋ
肛 *kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛 *kroːŋ
杠 *kroːŋ
豇 *kroːŋ
茳 *kroːŋ
釭 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼 *kroːŋ
玒 *kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹 *kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔 *kʰroːŋ
崆 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫 *kʰroːŋ
控 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫 *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌 *qʰroːŋ
谾 *qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡 *qʰroːŋ
缻 *ɡroːŋ
項 *ɡroːŋʔ
屸 *ɡ·roːŋ
功 *koːŋ
工 *koːŋ
疘 *koːŋ
魟 *koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻 *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩 *koːŋ
碽 *koːŋ
貢 *koːŋs
羾 *koːŋs
空 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜 *kʰoːŋ
硿 *kʰoːŋ
埪 *kʰoːŋ
鵼 *kʰoːŋ
倥 *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚 *kʰoːŋs
叿 *qʰoːŋ
嗊 *qʰoːŋʔ
訌 *ɡoːŋ
紅 *ɡoːŋ
仜 *ɡoːŋ
葒 *ɡoːŋ
渱 *ɡoːŋ
鴻 *ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞 *ɡoːŋʔ
澒 *ɡoːŋʔ
鞏 *koŋʔ
巩 *koŋʔ
銎 *kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐 *kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩 *ɡoŋ
筇 *ɡoŋ
桏 *ɡoŋ
邛 *ɡoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 攵. However, the phonetic component has a link with the concept of working and putting efforts (e.g., in order to achieve success: 功) and could be seen as the contraction of the character 功.

Etymology

Cognate with 工 (OC *koːŋ). See there for more.

“top; seme”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 攻(せ)め (seme).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 攻 攻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 冬 (5)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古紅切 古冬切
Baxter kuwng kowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuŋ/ /koŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwŋ/ /kawŋ/
Li
Rong 		/kuŋ/ /koŋ/
Wang
Li 		/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kuŋ/ /kuoŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gōng gōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gung1 gung1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 攻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gōng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kuwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁoŋ/
English attack

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 攻 攻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4027 4065
Phonetic
component 		工 工
Rime
group 		東 終
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		公 攻
Old
Chinese 		/*koːŋ/ /*kuːŋ/

Definitions

攻

  1. to attack; to assault
    進攻／进攻  ―  jìngōng  ―  to attack
  2. to criticize
  3. (slang) top; seme
    Antonym: 受 (“uke”)
  4. to handle; to delve into
  5. (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.
  6. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

攻

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. attack

Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
  • Kun: せめる (semeru, 攻める, Jōyō)、おさめる (osameru, 攻める)

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

攻 (eumhun 칠 공 (chil gong))

  1. hanja form? of 공 (“attack, hit”)

Vietnamese

Han character

攻: Hán Nôm readings: công

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia