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襲

attack
Stroke count: 22

Readings

On readingシュウ
Kun readingおそ.う、かさ.ね
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. attackRtK
    彼は突然胸の痛みに襲われた。He was seized with sudden chest pains.tatoeba
    口から糸を吐き人を襲うという。Umigumo is said to attack humans by spitting out to them.wiki
  2. advance on
  3. succeed to
  4. pile
  5. heap
  1. to attack
  2. to assail
  3. to make an assault
  4. to strike
  5. to hunt down

Popular Usage

襲う

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old dragon · vase · stand up (立) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · slingshot · catapult · snake (乙) · self (自) · three (三) · cloth (巾) · clothes · clothing · garment · dragon*

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2181

Compound words

襲うおそう
to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
奇襲きしゅう
surprise attack
逆襲ぎゃくしゅう
counterattack
空襲くうしゅう
air-raid
襲撃しゅうげき
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
襲名しゅうめい
succession to another's professional name
世襲せしゅう
heredity; heritage
来襲らいしゅう
(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault
急襲きゅうしゅう
raid
襲ぐつぐ
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.)
襲爵しゅうしゃく
succession to the peerage
襲雷しゅうらい
lightning strike
蹈襲とうしゅう
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.)
襲い掛るおそいかかる
to attack
襲い掛かるおそいかかる
to attack
襲い攻めるおそいせめる
to array against
襲いかかるおそいかかる
to attack

Additional Examples

彼は世襲によって王位についた。
He came to the throne by succession.tatoeba
彼は襲撃者を格闘して地面に倒した。
He wrestled his attacker to the ground.tatoeba
口から糸を吐き人を襲うという。
Umigumo is said to attack humans by spitting out to them.wiki
画像-8：同じく、義経主従を襲う平家の亡霊。
Picture-8: The ghosts of the TAIRA family attacking Yoshitsune and his retainers.wiki

Stroke Order

22 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 襲

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