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    3. 襲

    襲

    襲おそ.う

    attack

    N1KMT9Freq #1130Core ConceptsKanji22 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    おそ.うかさ.ね

    On'yomi

    シュウ

    Nanori

    そい

    attackadvance onsucceed topileheap

    龍衣

    亠
    立
    龍
    竜
    月
    衣

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    聾襄襞籠龕衣朧裟襞龕襄聾朧籠龍

    Alternative forms of this concept

    衤

    Concepts using this kanji

    襲撃

    (surprise) attack

    襲う

    to attack

    空襲

    air-raid

    世襲

    heredity

    襲名

    succession to another's professional name

    逆襲

    counterattack

    奇襲

    surprise attack

    強襲

    assault

    襲来

    invasion

    世襲制

    hereditary system

    世襲議員

    Diet member who succeeded a parent

    東京大空襲

    Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)

    大空襲

    major air raid

    襲用

    adoption

    襲撃事件

    raid

    世襲財産

    hereditary property

    下襲

    garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hō robe in court ceremonial dress

    襲撃者

    assailant

    空襲警報

    air-raid alarm

    侵襲的

    invasive

    ドーリットル空襲

    Doolittle raid

    夜襲

    night attack

    襲い攻める

    to array against

    奇襲作戦

    surprise tactics

    非侵襲的

    non-invasive

    襲歩

    gallop (horse gait)

    襲職

    taking over a duty

    米艦コール襲撃事件

    USS Cole bombing (October 12, 2000)

    特殊急襲部隊

    Special Assault Team

    奇襲攻撃

    surprise attack

    紅葉襲

    layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors

    寝込みを襲う

    to attack while someone is asleep

    低浸襲

    non-invasive approach

    侵襲

    invasion

    襲爵

    succession to the peerage

    襲封

    succession to a fief

    襲名披露

    announcing the succession to another's stage name

    襲衣

    wearing one garment over another

    踏襲

    following (a precedent, former policy, etc.)

    熊襲

    Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)

    桜襲

    combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)

    襲芳舎

    court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

    襲いかかる

    to attack

    奇襲をかける

    to launch a surprise attack

    敵襲

    enemy attack

    猛襲

    fierce attack

    強襲揚陸艦

    amphibious assault ship

    襲雷

    lightning strike

    来襲

    (incoming) attack

    睡魔に襲われる

    to be extremely sleepy

    急襲

    raid

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 月
    • 立
    • 衣
    • 龍
    • 竜

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    • 奇襲
    • 空襲
    • 逆襲
    • 急襲
    • 襲いかかる
    • 襲い攻める
    • 襲う
    • 襲撃
    • 襲爵
    • 襲名
    • 襲用
    • 襲来
    • 襲雷
    • 世襲
    • 夜襲
    • 来襲
    • 襲衣
    • 踏襲
    • 強襲
    • 猛襲
    • 空襲警報
    • 敵襲
    • 奇襲攻撃
    • 襲名披露
    • 特殊急襲部隊
    • 侵襲
    • 侵襲的
    • 東京大空襲
    • 襲歩
    • 低浸襲
    • 非侵襲的
    • 襲芳舎
    • 熊襲
    • 下襲
    • 桜襲
    • 襲撃事件
    • 大空襲
    • 襲撃者
    • 世襲議員
    • 米艦コール襲撃事件
    • 襲封
    • 奇襲をかける
    • 奇襲作戦
    • 襲職
    • 紅葉襲
    • ドーリットル空襲
    • 世襲制
    • 強襲揚陸艦
    • 睡魔に襲われる
    • 世襲財産
    • 寝込みを襲う

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    • 襞
    • 籠
    • 龕
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    Variants

    • 衤

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