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攻

攻 U+653B, 攻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653B
← 攺
[U+653A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 攼 →
[U+653C]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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攻 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人大 (MOK), four-corner 18140, composition ⿰工攵)

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 攻

Glyph origin

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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

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

“top; seme”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 攻(せ)め (seme).

Pronunciation

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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
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

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攻

  1. to attack; to assault
    進攻／进攻  ―  jìngōng  ―  to attack
  2. to criticize
  3. (slang) top; seme
  4. to handle; to delve into
  5. (Cantonese, of odour and smoke) to spread in air
    對面樓火燭，啲煙攻嗮入我間屋度。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    对面楼火烛，啲烟攻嗮入我间屋度。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    deoi3 min6 lau4-2 fo2 zuk1, di1 jin1 gung1 saai3 jap6 ngo5 gaan1 uk1 dou6. [Jyutping]
    The building opposite is on fire, and a lot of smoke came into my home.
  6. a surname

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “top”): 受 (shòu)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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攻

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. attack

Readings

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  • 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

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Korean

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Hanja

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攻 (eumhun 칠 공 (chil gong))

  1. hanja form? of 공 (“attack, hit”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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攻: Hán Nôm readings: công

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