攻

Translingual

Han character

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

1. attack, assault
2. criticize

References

• KangXi: page 468, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13120
• Dae Jaweon: page 817, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1449, character 6
• Unihan data for U+653B

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): kûng
• Min Nan (POJ): kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: kung¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kuŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (攻, reconstructed)
Character (攻), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 東 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古紅切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kuŋ/	/kuŋ/	/kuŋ/	/kuŋ/	/kəwŋ/	/kuŋ/	/kuŋ/
Character (攻), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 冬 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 古冬切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kuoŋ/	/kuoŋ/	/koŋ/	/kuoŋ/	/kawŋ/	/kuoŋ/	/koŋ/

Noun

攻

1. attack, assault

Verb

攻

1. to attack, to assault
2. to criticize

Compounds

• 攻城打援
• 攻城略地
• 攻错
• 攻打
• 攻读
• 攻防
• 攻关
• 攻击
• 攻歼
• 攻坚
• 攻坚战
• 攻克
• 攻破
• 攻其不备
• 攻取
• 攻势
• 攻守
• 攻守同盟
• 攻无不克
• 攻陷
• 攻心
• 攻研
• 攻占

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Japanese

Kanji

攻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. attack

Readings

• Goon: く (ku) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: せめる (semeru), おさめる (osameru)

Compounds

• 攻究
• 攻撃
• 攻勢

• 攻防
• 攻略
• 専攻 (せんこう, senkō, “academic major”)

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Korean

Hanja

攻 (gong) (hangeul 공, revised gong, McCune-Reischauer kong, Yale kong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

攻 (công)

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