공격

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 攻擊, from 攻 (“striking”) + 擊 (“hitting”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)격]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonggyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonggyeog
McCune–Reischauer?	konggyŏk
Yale Romanization?	kōngkyek

Noun

공격 • (gonggyeok) (hanja 攻擊)

1. attack
   • 2010, “공격전이다 [gonggyeokjeonida]”, 윤두근 [yundugeun] (lyrics), 안정호 [anjeongho] (music):

     백두산 번개처럼 공격！ / 정일봉 우뢰처럼 공격！ / 공격 공격 공격전이다！

     Baekdusan beon'gae-cheoreom gonggyeok！ / Jeong'ilbong uroe-cheoreom gonggyeok！ / Gonggyeok gonggyeok gonggyeokjeon-ida！

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2. (law) charge; accusation

Derived terms

• 공격전 (攻擊戰, gonggyeokjeon)
• 공격하다 (攻擊—, gonggyeokhada, “to attack”)
• 미세공격 (微細攻擊, misegonggyeok, “microagression”)

Descendants

• → Japanese: コンギョ
• → Chinese: (semantic loan) 空優／空优 (kōngyōu)