Memory phrase for the Kanji: 襲

襲

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Meaning attack, assault, raid

Pronunciation

SHŪ
osou

Explanation

Top: old form of dragon 龍 (stand 立, body 月, winding body of the dragon) [now: dragon 竜], bottom: clothes 衣

Mnemonic
 
A dragon in clothes/disguise is attacking.

Radicals

竜 dragon
衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.
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 Vocabulary

襲う おそう  to attack
襲撃 しゅうげき  attack, charge, raid

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