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Kanji Detail for 襲 - "to attack, to succeed, to pile"

襲

  • Meaning

    襲 means "to attack, to succeed, to pile."

    1. To attack - To assault; to make a surprise attack.

    2. A set of clothes - Upper and lower garments.

    3. To pile - To overlap; to layer; to stack.

    4. To succeed - To inherit; to take over; to continue. Example

  • Words using 襲

    • 襲う おそう Listen to attack; to assail; to make an assault
    • 襲撃 しゅうげき Listen (surprise) attack; assault; raid
    • 空襲 くうしゅう Listen air-raid
    • 世襲 せしゅう Listen heredity; heritage
    • 奇襲 きしゅう Listen surprise attack
    • 襲名 しゅうめい Listen succession to another's professional name
    • 逆襲 ぎゃくしゅう Listen counterattack

  • Four-character idioms with 襲

    • 襲名披露 しゅうめいひろう Listen announcing the succession to another's stage name

  • Tattoo check: 襲

    • Verified meaning: to attack, to succeed, to pile
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かさね, こん, しゅう, そうえん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 襲

    Given names 襲(かさね)Listen

    Surnames 襲(こん)Listen 襲(しゅう)Listen 襲(そうえん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    attack; advance on; succeed to; pile; heap

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    raid, attack; inherit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to attack, to raid; to inherit

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Layered clothing. Therefore complete upper and lower garments are called 一襲 (one set), meaning one suit. Today wearing clothes is called 襲. | To repeat. Continuing something as before is called 襲. Such as 沿襲 (following tradition). Inheriting titles and stipends through generations is called 世襲 (hereditary succession). | To attack by surprise. A light force attacking an enemy is called 襲. Also plagiarism in writing, such as 勦襲 (copying), 鈔襲 (plagiarizing), all have this meaning.

  • Onyomi

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    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

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    kasa.ne(かさね) かさね

    oso.u(おそ-う) おそ-う

  • Strokes

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    22 strokes

  • Radical

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    衣 衤 (koromo・koromohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to attack to succeed to pile a set of clothes inherit assault raid ambush invade strike storm charge onslaught surprise attack

Sentences including 襲

  • The dog attacked the little boy.

  • It could attack us at any moment.

  • The dog suddenly charged at the child.

  • He was robbed when coming home late at night.

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