虚をつく

虚を突く、 虚を衝く

Reading

Kana: きょをつく

Romaji: kyowotsuku

Definition

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v5k

1

to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

Kanji

虚

Readings: キョ、 コ、 むな.しい、 うつ.ろ

Meanings: void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

衝

Readings: ショウ、 つ.く

Meanings: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick