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攻撃

こうげき

attack, assault, criticism

Mnemonic

It covers armies, and it covers what people do to each other in print. A cow こう and a gecko げき going at it on the front page: こうげき.

Worth knowing

Does military attacks and verbal ones. 攻撃的 こうげきてき is 'aggressive' about a person.

Built from

attack, offence
工 carpenter's square + 攵 strike
strike, attack
A hand at the bottom driving down the whole weight of what sits above it.

Words sharing these kanji

impact, shock to fire, to shoot

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