音読み: ゲキ
訓読み: うつ
画数: 15
部首: 手（て）
Meaning
Attack / Strike / Beat / Shoot
- Basic forms
- 撃つ — shoot; strike / base form
- 撃ちます — shoots; strikes / masu form
- 撃った — shot; struck / ta form
- 撃って — shooting … / te form
- 撃たない — do not shoot / negative
- 撃てば — if (one) shoots / conditional
- Common expressions
- 銃を撃つ — fire a gun
- 撃っても弾は 届かない — even if you shoot, the bullet won’t reach
- More
- 撃たれる — be shot; be struck / passive
撃つ（うつ） is a godan transitive verb. It is used for firing weapons and for decisive or forceful actions, and also appears in figurative expressions describing strong emotional impact.
- 攻撃 — attack; offensive
- 撃退 — repulse; drive back
- 撃破 — defeat; break down
- 射撃 — shooting; gunfire
- 迎撃 — intercept attack
The radical 手 (hand) emphasizes action and striking. Combined with complex phonetic elements, 撃 shows the idea of forceful impact — not just touching or hitting, but delivering a decisive blow.