Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1130 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 22

Meaning: attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap

Kunyomi: おそ.う かさ.ね

Onyomi: シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: clothes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シュウメイ succession to another's professional name

シュウゲキ attack, charge, raid

キシュウ surprise attack

キョウシュウ assault, violent attack

Kunyomi Examples

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

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)

かさねの色目 かさねのいろめ combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)