撃

See also 擊, and 击

Translingual

shinjitai	撃
simplified	击
traditional	擊

Etymology

Simplified from 擊 (軎 → 車) (the 口 is removed).

Han character

撃 (radical 64 手+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十水手 (JEQ), X十水手 (XJEQ))

1. strike, hit, beat
2. attack, fight

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 453, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12674
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 1940, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6483

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Japanese

Kanji

撃 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: げき (geki), けき (keki)
• Kun: うつ (utsu)

Compounds

撃つ (うつ, utsu) 攻撃 (こうげき, kōgeki) 遊撃手 (ゆうげきしゅ, yūgekishu) 突撃 (とつげき, totsugeki) 襲撃 (しゅうげき, shūgeki) 目撃 (もくげき, mokugeki) 雷撃 (らいげき, raigeki) 撃退 (げきたい, gekitai) repel

銃撃 (じゅうげき, jūgeki) 衝撃 (しょうげき, shōgeki) 迎撃 (らいげき, raigeki) 目撃者 (もくげきしゃ, mokugekisha) 邀撃 (ようげき, yōgeki) 駁撃 (ばくげき, bakugeki) 相撃ち (あいうち, aiuchi)

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Korean

Hanja

撃 (hangeul 격, revised gyeok, McCune-Reischauer kyŏk, Yale kyek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

撃 (pinyin guì (gui4), jí (ji2), jué (jue2), Wade-Giles kuei⁴, chi², chüeh²)