攻 — aggression, attack, criticize

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• こう kou

Kun'yomi

• せ.める se.meru

Words that use 攻

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 攻撃 こうげき attack JLPT N3
• 攻める せめる to attack JLPT N3
• 専攻 せんこう major subject JLPT N3
• 攻め せめ attack JLPT N1