襲

See also 袭

Translingual

simpl.		袭
trad.		襲

Etymology

龍 (“dragon”) + 衣 (“cloth”)

Note that in Japanese, 龍 is simplified to 竜 in isolation, but not as part of this character, even though this character is part of the Jōyō kanji (the only original complex Jōyō character to include 龍/竜, joined in 2010 by 籠).

Han character

襲 (radical 145 衣+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心卜竹女 (YPYHV), four-corner 0173₂, composition ⿱龍衣)

1. lap over, superpose
2. raid, attack
3. inherit

References

• KangXi: page 1127, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34717
• Dae Jaweon: page 1594, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3121, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8972

• Graphical Significance and Origin: omission of 龖 (lap over; sound: "tap") + 衣
• Cognate characters: 習, 摺, 踏

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Cantonese

Hanzi

襲 (simplified 袭, Yale jaap6)

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Japanese

Kanji

襲 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しゅう (shū), じゅう (jū)
• Kun: おそう (osou), かさね (kasane), つぐ (tsugu)

Compounds

• 襲因
• 襲撃 (しゅうげき, shūgeki)
• 襲名
• 襲用
• 襲来
• 熊襲 (くまそ, kumaso)

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Korean

Hanja

襲
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 습 (revised: seup, McCune-Reischauer: sŭp, Yale: sup)

• Name (hangeul): 엄습할()

Compounds

• 襲撃 (습격, sŭpkyŏk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

襲 (simplified 袭, pinyin shēn (shen1), xí (xi2), Wade-Giles shen¹, hsi²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

襲 (tập)