击
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
击
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凵
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扌
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Joan of Arc (ji) locked herself out of the space station again. In front of the space station (Ø1) she tries to break (击) the door open using her electric mortar (击). The mortar has to be a few meters away from the door but the receptacle (凵) for its cord is right next to the door, so Joan of Arc plugs the mortar in using a toy claw (扌).
击 character breakdown
receptacle
Mnemonic symbol: receptacle as in wall plug.
Karl Marx (k) wants to recharge his phone in the anthill's living room (an3), but he can't find a receptacle (凵).
Karl Marx (k) wants to recharge his phone in the anthill's living room (an3), but he can't find a receptacle (凵).
Characters with 击 as component
Words with 击
to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow
pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
Sentences with 击
击 currently does not appear in any sentence.