Kanji

襲

襲

attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

22 strokes

Radical

衣部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シュウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おそう, かさね

Nanori (Name Reading)

そ, つぎ, より

Common Readings

シュウ, おそ…う

Example sentences

襲う おそう
村は突然熊に襲われた。

The village was suddenly attacked by a bear.

直後 ちょくご
地震の直後に、大きな津波が海岸を襲った。

Immediately after the earthquake, a large tsunami struck the coast.

襲撃 しゅうげき
夜更けに正体不明の集団が研究所を襲撃した。

Late at night, an unidentified group attacked the research institute.

襲いかかる おそいかかる
ライオンがシマウマに襲いかかった。

The lion pounced on the zebra.

奇襲 きしゅう
敵の不意を突いて奇襲を仕掛けた。

They launched a surprise attack by taking the enemy off guard.

棄甲曳兵 きこうえいへい
敵軍は我々の奇襲に驚き、棄甲曳兵して敗走した。

The enemy army was surprised by our surprise attack and fled in utter defeat.

襲い掛かる おそいかかる
熊が突然登山客に襲い掛かった。

A bear suddenly attacked the hiker.

襲来 しゅうらい
大型台風が島に襲来した。

A large typhoon struck the island.

Example Vocabulary

襲う

おそう

to attack; to assault; to visit (of a disaster)

襲撃

しゅうげき

attack; raid; assault

襲いかかる

おそいかかる

to pounce on; to swoop down on; to attack

奇襲

きしゅう

surprise attack

襲い掛かる

おそいかかる

to pounce on; to attack; to swoop down on

襲撃者

しゅうげきしゃ

強襲

きょうしゅう

襲来

しゅうらい

invasion; attack; raid; arrival (of something disastrous)

敵襲

てきしゅう

逆襲

ぎゃくしゅう

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