撃 means “strike, attack, shoot”

げき · geki

Also: beat, defeat, conquer

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うつ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゲキ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

A war chariot (車) and a hand swinging a club (殳), with another hand (手) below: an attack with everything you have. 撃つ is to fire a gun, 攻撃 is an attack, and 目撃, a strike of the eye, is witnessing something.

Used in 攻撃 (kougeki, attack), 撃つ (utsu, to shoot), and 目撃 (mokugeki, witnessing)

More from Attack & Conquer

• 討 attack
• 攻 attack
• 狙 aim at
• 闘 fight
• 衝 collide
• 奪 snatch
• 挑 challenge
• 侵 invade
• 襲 attack
• 敵 enemy
• 征 conquer
• 虜 captive

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.