gōng
attack
Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 攻
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to attack | ||
to attack | ||
to attack | ||
(military) offensive | ||
to besiege |
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