襲: Attack; Advance On; Succeed ToKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ)

• 襲撃しゅうげきattack; charge
• 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
• 襲名しゅうめいsuccession to another's professional name
• 逆襲ぎゃくしゅうcounterattack
• 強襲きょうしゅうassault; violent attack
• 急襲きゅうしゅうraid; assault
• 来襲らいしゅうraid; attack
• 襲来しゅうらいinvasion; raid
• 踏襲とうしゅうfollowing (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with
• ドーリットル空襲ドーリットルくうしゅうDoolittle raid
• 世襲制せしゅうせいhereditary system; hereditary succession
• 世襲議員せしゅうぎいんDiet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians
• 低浸襲ていしんしゅうnon-invasive approach
• 侵襲しんしゅうinvasion; infestation
• 侵襲的しんしゅうてきinvasive
• 因襲いんしゅうconvention; tired tradition
• 夜襲やしゅうnight attack; nocturnal assault
• 大空襲だいくうしゅうmajor air raid; blitz
• 奇襲をかけるきしゅうをかけるto launch a surprise attack
• 奇襲を掛けるきしゅうをかけるto launch a surprise attack
• 奇襲作戦きしゅうさくせんsurprise tactics
• 奇襲攻撃きしゅうこうげきsurprise attack; ambush
• 強襲揚陸艦きょうしゅうようりくかんamphibious assault ship
• 敵襲てきしゅうenemy attack; enemy raid
• 東京大空襲とうきょうだいくうしゅうthe Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
• 特殊急襲部隊とくしゅきゅうしゅうぶたいSpecial Assault Team; SAT
• 猛襲もうしゅうfierce attack; furious attack
• 空襲警報くうしゅうけいほうair-raid alarm
• 米艦コール襲撃事件べいかんコールしゅうげきじけんUSS Cole bombing (October 12, 2000)
• 襲名披露しゅうめいひろうannouncing the succession to another's stage name
• 襲封しゅうほうsuccession to a fief; inheriting a domain
• 襲撃事件しゅうげきじけんraid; assault
• 襲撃者しゅうげきしゃassailant; marauder
• 襲歩しゅうほgallop (horse gait)
• 襲爵しゅうしゃくsuccession to the peerage
• 襲用しゅうようadoption; following
• 襲職しゅうしょくtaking over a duty
• 襲芳舎しゅうほうしゃcourt ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
• 襲衣しゅういwearing one garment over another
• 襲雷しゅうらいlightning strike; lightning bolt
• 蹈襲とうしゅうfollowing (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with
• 非侵襲的ひしんしゅうてきnon-invasive

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 襲うおそうto attack; to assail
• 桜襲ねさくらがさねcombination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)
• 睡魔に襲われるすいまにおそわれるto be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
• 襲いかかるおそいかかるto rush on; to attack
• 襲い掛かるおそいかかるto rush on; to attack
• 襲い攻めるおそいせめるto array against

Other readings

• 下襲したがさねgarment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hō robe in court ceremonial dress
• 桜襲さくらがさねcombination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)
• 熊襲くまそKumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
• 紅葉襲もみじがさねlayered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors
• 菊襲きくがさねchrysanthemum
• 萩襲はぎがさねautumn garment
• 襲かさねpile; heap
• 襲い掛るおそいかかるto rush on; to attack
• 襲ぐつぐto succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit
• 襲の色目かさねのいろめcombination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

Kanji that often appear with 襲

• 撃
• 空
• 奇
• 世
• 侵
• 掛
• 名
• 強
• 急
• 来
• 的
• 大