攻

攻	U+653B, 攻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653B

← 攺
[U+653A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

攼 →
[U+653C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		攻

Glyph origin

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, OC *koːŋ, *kuːŋ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 攵.

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōng (gong¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kûng
(Meixian, Guangdong): gung¹
Min Bei (KCR): gó̤ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kong
(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gong
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong
  - Palladius: гун (gun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹
  - Yale: gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʊŋ⁴⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ⁵⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong
  - Tâi-lô: kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /kuŋ/, /kuoŋ/

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
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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤoŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*koːŋ/, /*kuːŋ/

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

攻

to attack; to assault
進攻／进攻 ― jìngōng ― to attack
to criticize
(slang) top; seme
Antonym: 受 (shòu)
to handle; to delve into
- 聞道有先後，術業有專攻 [MSC, trad.]
  闻道有先后，术业有专攻 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Tang Dynasty, Han Yu 韓愈, Discourse on Teachers 師說
  wén dào yǒu xiān hòu, shù yè yǒu zhuān gōng [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 攻

不攻自破 (bùgōngzìpò)
主攻 (zhǔgōng)
他山之攻
以毒攻毒 (yǐdúgōngdú)
佯攻 (yánggōng)
兼弱攻昧
助攻 (zhùgōng)
反攻 (fǎngōng)
急火攻心
掠地攻城
攻下 (gōngxià)
攻伐 (gōngfá)
攻克 (gōngkè)
攻剽
攻取 (gōngqǔ)
攻城 (gōngchéng)
攻城打援
攻城掠地 (gōngchénglüèdì)
攻城略地
攻守 (gōngshǒu)
攻守同盟 (gōngshǒu tóngméng)
攻山
攻心 (gōngxīn)
攻打 (gōngdǎ)
攻拔
攻掠
攻炮城
攻玉
攻研
攻砭
攻破 (gōngpò)
攻苦
攻苦食淡

攻踢
攻防 (gōngfáng)
攻陷 (gōngxiàn)
火攻 (huǒgōng)
猛攻 (měnggōng)
略地攻城
群起攻之
群起而攻
非攻
攻占
他山攻錯／他山攻错
以攻為守／以攻为守 (yǐgōngwéishǒu)
內外夾攻／内外夹攻
凌厲攻勢／凌厉攻势
十圍五攻／十围五攻
圍攻／围攻 (wéigōng)
夾攻／夹攻 (jiāgōng)
專攻／专攻 (zhuāngōng)
左右夾攻／左右夹攻
強攻／强攻
怒氣攻心／怒气攻心
搶攻／抢攻
攻乎異端／攻乎异端
攻佔／攻占 (gōngzhàn)
攻其不備／攻其不备 (gōngqíbùbèi)
攻其無備／攻其无备 (gōngqíwúbèi)
攻勢／攻势 (gōngshì)
攻勢作戰／攻势作战
攻圍／攻围 (gōngwéi)
攻城野戰／攻城野战
攻堅／攻坚 (gōngjiān)
攻堅戰／攻坚战 (gōngjiānzhàn)

攻心為上／攻心为上
攻戰／攻战 (gōngzhàn)
攻擊／攻击 (gōngjī)
攻擊機／攻击机
攻書／攻书
攻殲／攻歼
攻無不克／攻无不克
攻無堅城／攻无坚城
攻籃／攻篮
攻絲／攻丝
攻習／攻习
攻訐／攻讦 (gōngjié)
攻讀／攻读 (gōngdú)
攻進／攻进
攻錯／攻错
攻關／攻关 (gōngguān)
攻隊／攻队
易守難攻／易守难攻
正面攻擊／正面攻击
特攻隊／特攻队
眾口交攻／众口交攻
笑臉攻勢／笑脸攻势
群起攻訐／群起攻讦
螺絲攻／螺丝攻
貧病交攻／贫病交攻
車攻／车攻
車攻馬同／车攻马同
進攻／进攻 (jìngōng)
遠交近攻／远交近攻 (yuǎnjiāojìngōng)
飢渴交攻／饥渴交攻
首尾夾攻／首尾夹攻
鳴鼓而攻／鸣鼓而攻

Japanese

Kanji

攻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

attack

Readings

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

攻(こう)究(きゅう) (kōkyū)
攻(こう)撃(げき) (kōgeki)
攻(こう)勢(せい) (kōsei)
攻(こう)防(ぼう) (kōbō)
攻(こう)略(りゃく) (kōryaku)
専(せん)攻(こう) (senkō)

Korean

Hanja

攻 (eumhun 칠 공 (chil gong))

Hanja form^? of 공 (“attack, hit”).

Vietnamese

Han character

攻: Hán Nôm readings: công

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