kanji radical 66 (strike) at right
Technical term used in kanji dictionaries and character analysis. Refers to the right-side radical shape 攵 (or 攴), as seen in characters like 攷 and 敍.
The right side of 攻 is the radical called bokunyō.
Bokunyō is a radical that originally meant 'to strike'.
Standard kanji spelling for the radical name; 攴 is the radical shape, 繞 means 'right-side radical'.
Kana spelling is common in explanatory contexts.
Variant spelling using the simplified form 攵, which is the more common shape in modern characters.
From 攴 (boku, 'strike') + 繞 (nyō, 'right-side radical'). The character 攴 is an ancient pictograph of a hand holding a stick, meaning to strike.