Grow with Kitty

おそう

襲う

osō

used every day

English

to attack, to assault

नेपाली

आक्रमण गर्नु, जाइलाग्नु

Examples

  1. 大おおきな地震じしんが町まちを襲おそいました。

    A major earthquake struck the town.

  2. 山やまでクマに襲おそわれる被害ひがいが、各地かくちで増ふえています。

    Cases of people being attacked by bears in the mountains are increasing in many areas.

  3. 週末しゅうまつにかけて、大型おおがたの台風たいふうが西日本にしにほんを襲おそうおそれがあります。

    A large typhoon may hit western Japan over the weekend.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

襲 22 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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