襲 – attack, advance on, succeed to

22 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1130 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 襲 means attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おそ.う、かさ.ね (osou, kasane). It is written with 22 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	おそ.う	osou
Kun’yomi	かさ.ね	kasane

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: 衣・月・立・亠.

Words using 襲

襲うおそうto attack襲撃しゅうげき(surprise) attack

Example sentences

奇妙な病気が町を襲った。

A curious disease struck the town.

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小泉氏が総理大臣として森氏の後を襲った。

Mr Koizumi succeeded Mr Mori as prime minister.

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彼はそこで反徒の襲撃を受けた。

He was attacked there by the rebels.

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Kanji with the same radical

表裁補被製装裏複裂裕袋衣衰裸袖襟

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