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Kotomora

抨

impeach, censure, attack

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ホウ
  • ヒョウ

Kun'yomi

  • はじ.く

Meaning

抨 centers on forceful verbal or physical opposition: impeaching, censuring, or attacking someone or something.

Study

Etymology

抨 combines 扌 (hand) with 平, which likely contributes the sound. The hand radical suggests an action of striking or opposing, fitting the meanings of attack and censure.

Meaning mnemonic

The hand radical 扌 beside 平 suggests a hand striking out to attack or censure someone, like a formal impeachment.

Reading mnemonic

For ホウ, imagine a hand (扌) holding a hoe (ホウ) and using it to attack weeds in a field: hoe -> ホウ, and the hand strikes down the unwanted growth.