Jisho

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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

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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
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2-16-6 SKIP code
0173.2 Four corner code
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8972 Unicode hex code