襲 means “attack, raid, inherit”

おそう · osou

Also: advance on, succeed to, pile

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おそう, かさね

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 22 strokes

The story

A dragon (龍) swooping onto a robe (衣): a sudden attack. 襲う is to attack, the verb for a typhoon striking the coast, 襲撃 is a raid, and in 襲名 a kabuki actor takes up a famous stage name handed down through his line.

Used in 襲う (osou, to attack), 襲撃 (shuugeki, raid/assault), and 襲名 (shuumei, succeeding to a stage name)

More from Attack & Conquer

• 敵 enemy
• 征 conquer
• 虜 captive
• 伐 cut down
• 撃 strike
• 討 attack
• 攻 attack
• 狙 aim at
• 闘 fight
• 衝 collide
• 奪 snatch
• 挑 challenge

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.