Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

473 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: beat, attack, defeat, conquer

Kunyomi: う.つ

Onyomi: ゲキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ゲキツイ shooting down (aircraft)

ゲキチン sending a ship to the bottom, sinking (a ship), to sink a ship

ジュウゲキ shooting, gunning (down)

ツイゲキ pursuit (of a fleeing enemy), chase

Kunyomi Examples

うつ to shoot, to fire

討つ うつ to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge