击

jī

to hit

to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]

a picture of 击 → a hand driving down into a hollow target

The top stroke represents a hand or weapon descending, striking down into an open vessel (凵). The image is of something coming down hard into a target.

凵→击
凵An open containerSemantic

他用拳头击打了那扇门。

tā yòng quán tou jī dǎ le nà shàn mén。

he hit that door with his fist.

士兵们准备击退敌人的进攻。

shì bīng men zhǔn bèi jī tuì dí rén de jìn gōng。

the soldiers prepared to strike back and repel the enemy's attack.

Words with 击

乘胜追击

chéng shèng zhuī jī

to follow up a victory and press home the attack

拳击

quán jī

boxing

击落

jī luò

to shoot down (a plane)

阻击

zǔ jī

to check

搏击

bó jī

to fight, esp. with hands

冲击

chōng jī

to attack

袭击者

xí jī zhě

attacker

打击

dǎ jī

to hit

攻击机

gōng jī jī

ground attack aircraft

连击

lián jī

to batter

避其锐气,击其惰归

bì qí ruì qì , jī qí duò guī

avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)

避实击虚

bì shí jī xū

see 避實就虛|避实就虚[bi4 shi2 jiu4 xu1]

More characters with 凵

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