Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
aggression, attack, criticize, polish
Kun:
せ.める
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
532 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 攻守 【コウシュ】 offense and defense, offence and defence, batting and fielding
  • 攻撃 【コウゲキ】 attack, assault, raid, onslaught, offensive, criticism, censure, denunciation, condemnation
  • 速攻 【ソッコウ】 swift attack, quick attack, fast break, right away, without delay, immediately
  • 猛攻 【モウコウ】 fierce attack

Kun reading compounds

  • 攻める 【せめる】 to attack, to assault, to assail

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • agresión
  • ataque
  • asalto
  • agredir
  • atacar
  • asaltar

Portuguese

  • agressão
  • ataque

French

  • agression
  • attaque
1247 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
594 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1457 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
970 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1388 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
380 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
819 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
838 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1040 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
934 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
286 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
179 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
215 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
336 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13120 Morohashi
242 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2331 New Nelson (John Haig)
330 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
352 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1132 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3166 2001 Kanji
4i3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
1814.0 Four corner code
1-25-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
653b Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
mouth
Kun:
くち
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber
  • 開口 【カイコウ】 opening, aperture (e.g. camera), opening one's mouth, beginning to speak, open, broad
  • 経口 【ケイコウ】 taken by mouth, oral
  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口 【クチ】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 赤口 【シャッコウ】 day that is unlucky except between the auspicious hours of 11am and 1pm (in the traditional calendar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 口 【くち】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 口利き 【くちきき】 mediation, good offices, intervention, mediator, middleman, influential person, person of influence, eloquence, eloquent person, way of speaking
  • 切り口 【きりくち】 cut end, section, opening, slit, point of view, (different) perspective, new approach
  • 大口 【おおぐち】 big mouth, mouth opened wide, boastful speech, tall talk, bragging, boasting, large amount, large quantity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kou3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • boca
  • orificio
  • apertura

Portuguese

  • boca

French

  • bouche
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
34 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
20 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
213 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
54 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
276 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3227 Morohashi
3382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
685 New Nelson (John Haig)
11 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
200 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
16 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-3-0 SKIP code
6000.0 Four corner code
1-24-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e3 Unicode hex code