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Kanji Detail for 襲 - "attack, inherit, succeed"
襲
- Meaning
襲 means "attack, inherit, succeed."
To attack - To assault; to make a surprise attack.
A set of clothes - Upper and lower garments.
To pile - To overlap; to layer; to stack.
To succeed - To inherit; to take over; to continue. Example
- 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.
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Sentences including 襲
The dog attacked the little boy.
いつ私たちを襲うかもしれない。
It could attack us at any moment.
The dog suddenly charged at the child.
He was robbed when coming home late at night.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生に限らず、奥さんに限らず、二人とも私に比べると、一時代前の因襲のうちに成人したために、そういう艶っぽい問題になると、正直に自分を開放するだけの勇気がないのだろうと考えた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それでもその日私の気力は、因循らしく見える先生の態度に逆襲を試みるほどに生々していた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生の死に対する想像的な悲哀が、ちょっと奥さんの胸を襲ったらしかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
なぜ先刻Ｋの言葉を遮って、こっちから逆襲しなかったのか、そこが非常な手落りのように見えて来ました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
なぜ先刻Ｋの言葉を遮って、こっちから逆襲しなかったのか、そこが非常な手落りのように見えて来ました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha