击

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to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Simplified form of 擊; 手 provides the meaning

Components 凵 ? unknown part

beat · Heisig RSH #1234

cornstalk + 山 mountain

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
打击乐器	dǎ jī yuè qì	percussion instrument
声东击西	shēng dōng jī xī	to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom); to create a diversion
点击数	diǎn jī shù	number of clicks; number of hits (on a website)
击中	jī zhòng	to hit (a target); to strike
打击报复	dǎ jī bào fù	(idiom) to retaliate
电击	diàn jī	electric shock
对空射击	duì kōng shè jī	anti-aircraft fire; to shoot at enemy planes
出击	chū jī	to sally; to attack
射击学	shè jī xué	ballistics
目击者	mù jī zhě	eyewitness
击球员	jī qiú yuán	(baseball, cricket etc) batter
合击	hé jī	combined assault; to mount a joint attack
打击	dǎ jī	to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussio…
击打	jī dǎ	to beat; to lash
打游击	dǎ yóu jī	to wage guerrilla warfare; to fight as a guerrilla; (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fi…
重击	zhòng jī	bang; thump
点击	diǎn jī	to hit; to press; to strike (on the keyboard); to click (a web page button)
文化冲击	wén huà chōng jī	culture shock
反击	fǎn jī	to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
核反击	hé fǎn jī	nuclear counter strike

These characters use 击 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
击 sound part	jī	to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
陆	lù	land, continent; six (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)