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撃 = 車 + 殳 + 手

撃 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “beat”. It is built from 車 (car), 殳 (weapon) and 手 (hand). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 766.

Keyword
beat
RTK frame
766
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
う.つ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бит
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
撃 strike

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 車 car
  2. 殳 weapon
  3. 手 hand

How to find 撃 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “car” + “weapon” + “hand”. 撃 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 撃 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.