攻

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)

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

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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／形声, OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 攵.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹

• Northern Min (KCR): gó̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gong
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
    • Palladius: гун (gun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹
    • Yale: gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwng, kowng

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/kuoŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	gōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	gung1

• 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	/*kˁoŋ/
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

(deprecated template usage) 攻

1. to attack; to assault
2. attack; assault
3. to criticize
4. (slang) top (gay slang)

   Template:zh-ant

5. to handle; to delve into

   聞道有先後，術業有專攻 [MSC, trad.]
   闻道有先后，术业有专攻 [MSC, simp.]

   From: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu 韓愈, Discourse on Teachers 師說

   wén dào yǒu xiān hòu, shù yè yǒu zhuān gōng [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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

• 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)

1. attack

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 攻 (công)

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