The kanji 襲: meaning, readings and stroke order

襲

Meaning: attack, raid
On reading: シュウ shuu
Kun reading: おそ（う） osou
Strokes: 22
Radical: 衣 clothes
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tấn công, ập tới (tập)
Japanese: おそう。きゅうにせめる。
Korean: 덮치다, 습격하다 (습)
Chinese: 袭击 (袭)

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading · less common

襲しゅう来らい
coming to strike (a storm, an attack)
台風の 襲しゅう来らいにそなえます。
We get ready for the typhoon to hit.

おそ（う） osou · kun reading

襲おそう
to attack, to strike
大波が町を 襲おそいました。
Huge waves struck the town.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.