漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
襲: attack, advance on
Also: succeed to, pile, heap
JLPT N122 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 龍(sound)
- 衣clothes(meaning)
衣 carries the meaning · 龍 gives the sound
22 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 襲撃しゅうげき(surprise) attack; assault; raid
- 空襲くうしゅうair-raid
- 世襲せしゅうheredity; heritage
- 奇襲きしゅうsurprise attack
- 逆襲ぎゃくしゅうcounterattack
- 襲名しゅうめいsuccession to another's professional name
おそうosou · kun'yomi · on its own
- 襲うおそうto attack; to assail; to make an assault
Also read かさね, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dress for the occasion! This radical represents the protective layers we wear and the social identity that fine clothing provides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
龍
Also built on 龍
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side襲 attack · 衣
vs籠 basket · 竹In ChineseSimplified 袭 · traditional, as in Japanese · xí
Japan keeps the traditional form 襲; mainland China simplifies it to 袭.
- Simplified
- 袭 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 襲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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