攻
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to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 攴 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 攻
- Common rank
- #1,130
- Unicode
- U+653B
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
attack · Heisig RSH #339
taskmaster + I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 攻
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战无不胜，攻无不克 | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering; ever victorious; n… | |
| 攻无不克，战无不胜 | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering; ever victorious; n… | |
| 战无不胜，攻无不取 | to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering; ever victorious; n… | |
| 出其不意，攻其不备 | to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫… | |
| 中间人攻击 | (computing) man-in-the-middle attack | |
| 他山之石可以攻玉 | lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting c… | |
| 不攻自破 | (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc); to be discredited | |
| 神风特攻队 | Kamikaze Unit (Japanese corps of suicide pilots in World War II); kamikaze (vodka-based co… | |
| 群起而攻之 | the masses rise to attack it (idiom); Everyone is against the idea.; universally abhorrent | |
| 有攻击性 | offensive | |
| 饭气攻心 | food coma; postprandial somnolence | |
| 攻城木 | battering ram | |
| 人身攻击 | personal attack | |
| 以毒攻毒 | to cure ills with poison (TCM); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to … | |
| 时间差攻击 | (volleyball) attacking tactic in which the blocker is induced to commit early, creating an… | |
| 攻城略地 | to take cities and seize territories (idiom) | |
| 久攻不下 | to attack for a long time without success | |
| 全攻全守 | total football (soccer) | |
| 攻击机 | ground attack aircraft | |
| 攻击力 | potential for attack; firepower |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 工 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound part | labor, work; laborer, worker | |
| 红 | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular | |
| 空 | hollow, empty, deserted, bare | |
| 江 | large river; the Yangtze; surname | |
| 经 | the classics; to experience, to undergo | |
| 轻 | light, gentle; simple, easy | |
| 径 | path, diameter; straight, direct | |
| 项 | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation | |
| 氢 | ammonia | |
| 贡 | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts | |
| 虹 | rainbow | |
| 缸 | earthen jug, crock, cistern | |
| 肛 | anus | |
| 巩 | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong | |
| 汞 | mercury (element) | |
| 邛 | mound; in distress | |
| 豇 | kidney bean; black-eyed pea | |
| 仝 | together, same; surname | |
| 巠 | underground river; flowing water |