襲 (advance on, attack, heap, pile, succeed to) - Kanji Codex

襲

advance on, attack, heap, pile, succeed to

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おそ.うかさ.ね

Nanori (名乗り)

そい

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:22

JLPT:1

Frequency:1130

Vocabulary

シュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
奇襲	キシュウ	surprise attack
逆襲	ギャクシュウ	counterattack
空襲	クウシュウ	air-raid
襲撃	シュウゲキ	(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
襲名	シュウメイ	succession to another's professional name

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
襲ぐ	つぐ	to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath); to connect (stones)
襲う	おそう	to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
襲	かさね	pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones); counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
襲ぐ	ツぐ	to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath); to connect (stones)
襲いかかる	おそいかかる	to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

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