Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
bear
Kun:
くま
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 熊害 【ユウガイ】 damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)
  • 熊掌 【ユウショウ】 bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)

Kun reading compounds

  • 熊 【くま】 bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
  • 熊手 【くまで】 rake, fork, bamboo rake
  • 蜂熊 【はちくま】 crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Oriental honey buzzard, pern
  • 黒熊 【くろくま】 black bear

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong2
Korean:
ung

Spanish

  • oso

Portuguese

French

  • ours
1148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2791 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1987 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
389 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3530 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1823 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2479 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2022 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19294 Morohashi
2848 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3468 New Nelson (John Haig)
2003 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2740 2001 Kanji
4d10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-4 SKIP code
2133.1 Four corner code
2233.1 Four corner code
1-23-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
718a Unicode hex code

22 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
Variants:
attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1130 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 襲名 【シュウメイ】 succession to another's professional name
  • 襲撃 【シュウゲキ】 (surprise) attack, assault, raid, charge
  • 奇襲 【キシュウ】 surprise attack
  • 強襲 【キョウシュウ】 assault, violent attack

Kun reading compounds

  • 襲う 【おそう】 to attack, to assail, to make an assault, to strike, to hunt down, to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.), to make a sudden visit
  • 重ね 【かさね】 pile, heap, layers (e.g. of clothing), set (e.g. of boxes), course (e.g. of stones), counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.), layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat, combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
  • かさねの色目 【かさねのいろめ】 combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

Readings

Japanese names:
そい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2
Korean:
seub

Spanish

  • ataque
  • avance
  • sucesión
  • atacar
  • sorprender

Portuguese

  • ataque
  • avançar
  • ser bem-sucedido

French

  • attaquer
  • assaillir
  • agresser
  • hériter
  • accumuler
1360 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1262 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5443 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1094 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1734 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2983 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1575 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1681 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1042 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1630 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3633 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1856 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2044 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34717 Morohashi
2917 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5510 New Nelson (John Haig)
2025 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2181 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1943 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
465 2001 Kanji
5e16.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-16-6 SKIP code
0173.2 Four corner code
1-29-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8972 Unicode hex code