Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to attack; to accuse; to study

Chinese: 攻击、攻读或研究。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “gong” becomes a different word in each tone. 攻 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 攻击gōng jīto attack; to accuse; to charge; an attack (terrorist or military)
  • 攻克gōng kèto capture; to take; to overcome; to solve
  • 攻读gōng dúto major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
  • 攻关gōng guānto storm a strategic pass; fig. to tackle a key problem
  • 会攻huì gōngto attack jointly

Example Sentence

我们要努力攻克这个难题。Wǒ men yào nǔ lì gōng kè zhè ge nán tí.We should work hard to overcome this difficult problem.

我们Wǒ menweyàoto want努力nǔ lìhard-working攻克gōng kèto capture这个zhè ge(pronoun) this难题nán tídifficult problem