襲
襲 — Attack
attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
Kun’yomiおそう (osou)
Kun’yomiかさね (kasane)
Stroke order (22 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 襲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 襲う | おそう osou | to attack; to assail; to make an assault |
| 襲撃 | しゅうげき shuugeki | (surprise) attack; assault; raid |
| 空襲 | くうしゅう kuushuu | air-raid |
| 奇襲 | きしゅう kishuu | surprise attack |
| 逆襲 | ぎゃくしゅう gyakushuu | counterattack |
| 襲名 | しゅうめい shuumei | succession to another's professional name |
Study notes
襲 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 22 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1130 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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