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Zach

Readings

Kana: シュウ、おそ.う、かさ.ね
Romaji: shū, oso.u, kasa.ne
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Name Reading

Kana: そい
Romaji: soi
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Meanings

attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  22
Radical Number:  212
Frequency:  1130
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-16-6
Korean Reading:  seub
Chinese Reading:  xi2
Unicode:  8972
JIS:  3D31

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2917
Nelson Index: 5443
New Nelson Index: 5510
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5e16.2
Four Corner Index: 0173.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1360
Gakken Index: 1262
Japanese Names Index: 2983
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34717
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0275
Remembering the kanji Index: 2025
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1734
Kodansha Compact Index: 1630
Kanji in Context Index: 1042
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1856
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2533
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 2044
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2181
Essential Kanji Index: 1094
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3633
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 465
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1943

Words

重ね (かさね)
pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones); counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
襲撃 (しゅうげき)
attack; charge; raid
逆襲 (ぎゃくしゅう)
counterattack
蹈襲 (とうしゅう)
following (e.g. suit, in someone's footsteps, etc.); emulation
奇襲 (きしゅう)
surprise attack
襲う (おそう)
to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
空襲 (くうしゅう)
air-raid
襲名 (しゅうめい)
succession to another's professional name
世襲 (せしゅう)
heredity; heritage
襲来 (しゅうらい)
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
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