攻

攻 U+653B, 攻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653B ← 攺 [U+653A] CJK Unified Ideographs 攼 → [U+653C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

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

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, OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ): phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 攵 – aggression.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): 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
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹
    • IPA: /kuŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
    • Tâi-lô: kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuŋ/, /kuoŋ/▼

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
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/kuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	gōng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kˤoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːŋ/, /*kuːŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	攻
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*kˤoŋ/
English	attack
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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
2. attack; assault
3. to criticize

Compounds

Derived terms from 攻

• 不攻自破
• 主攻
• 他山之攻
• 他山攻錯／他山攻错
• 以攻為守／以攻为守
• 以毒攻毒
• 佯攻
• 內外夾攻／内外夹攻
• 兼弱攻昧
• 凌厲攻勢／凌厉攻势
• 助攻
• 十圍五攻／十围五攻
• 反攻 (fǎngōng)
• 圍攻／围攻 (wéigōng)
• 夾攻／夹攻 (jiāgōng)
• 專攻／专攻 (zhuāngōng)
• 左右夾攻／左右夹攻
• 強攻／强攻
• 怒氣攻心／怒气攻心
• 急火攻心
• 掠地攻城
• 搶攻／抢攻
• 攻下 (gōngxià)
• 攻乎異端／攻乎异端
• 攻伐 (gōngfá)
• 攻佔／攻占
• 攻克 (gōngkè)
• 攻其不備／攻其不备
• 攻其無備／攻其无备
• 攻剽
• 攻勢／攻势 (gōngshì)
• 攻勢作戰／攻势作战

• 攻占
• 攻取 (gōngqǔ)
• 攻城 (gōngchéng)
• 攻城打援
• 攻城掠地
• 攻城略地
• 攻城野戰／攻城野战
• 攻堅／攻坚
• 攻堅戰／攻坚战
• 攻守 (gōngshǒu)
• 攻守同盟 (gōngshǒu tóngméng)
• 攻山
• 攻心 (gōngxīn)
• 攻心為上／攻心为上
• 攻戰／攻战 (gōngzhàn)
• 攻打 (gōngdǎ)
• 攻拔
• 攻掠
• 攻擊／攻击 (gōngjī)
• 攻擊機／攻击机
• 攻書／攻书
• 攻殲／攻歼
• 攻炮城
• 攻無不克／攻无不克
• 攻無堅城／攻无坚城
• 攻玉
• 攻研
• 攻砭
• 攻破 (gōngpò)
• 攻籃／攻篮
• 攻絲／攻丝
• 攻習／攻习

• 攻苦
• 攻苦食淡
• 攻訐／攻讦 (gōngjié)
• 攻讀／攻读 (gōngdú)
• 攻踢
• 攻進／攻进
• 攻錯／攻错
• 攻關／攻关 (gōngguān)
• 攻防 (gōngfáng)
• 攻陷 (gōngxiàn)
• 攻隊／攻队
• 易守難攻／易守难攻
• 正面攻擊／正面攻击
• 火攻 (huǒgōng)
• 特攻隊／特攻队
• 猛攻 (měnggōng)
• 略地攻城
• 眾口交攻／众口交攻
• 笑臉攻勢／笑脸攻势
• 群起攻之
• 群起攻訐／群起攻讦
• 群起而攻
• 螺絲攻／螺丝攻
• 貧病交攻／贫病交攻
• 車攻／车攻
• 車攻馬同／车攻马同
• 進攻／进攻 (jìngōng)
• 遠交近攻／远交近攻 (yuǎnjiāojìngōng)
• 非攻
• 飢渴交攻／饥渴交攻
• 首尾夾攻／首尾夹攻
• 鳴鼓而攻／鸣鼓而攻

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Japanese

Kanji

攻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. attack

Readings

• Goon: 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

• 攻究 (こうきゅう) (kōkyū)
• 攻撃 (こうげき) (kōgeki)
• 攻勢 (こうせい) (kōsei)

• 攻防 (こうぼう) (kōbō)
• 攻略 (こうりゃく) (kōryaku)
• 専攻 (せんこう) (senkō)

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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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