撃

音読おんよみ: ゲキ

訓読くんよみ: うつ

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: て（手）

Meaning

Attack / strike / beat / shoot.

  • 攻撃こうげき — attack; offensive
  • 撃退げきたい — repulse; drive back
  • 撃破げきは — defeat; break down
  • 射撃しゃげき — shooting; gunfire
  • 迎撃げいげき — 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.

打

Think of 打 (to strike with the hand). Now amplify it: 撃 takes the idea of striking and makes it stronger, more forceful, like a military attack or a powerful blow.

退
Creates

撃退げきたい — to drive back; repulse an enemy.

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