襲

Glyph origin
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The bronze inscription and  zhouwen forms were in the form of. The Shuowen small seal script form and subsquent forms are in the form of 襲, as the phonetic component has been reduced to.

Definitions

 * 1) to attack; to raid
 * 2) to follow the pattern; to carry on as before
 * 3) to lap over; to superpose
 * 4) to inherit

Kanji

 * 1) attack
 * 2) advance on
 * 3) succeed to
 * 4) seize

Compounds

 * 襲擊 (습격, seupgyeok)