Rare term used in historical or literary contexts to refer to an invasion or an invader.
Historical records contain accounts of invasions from the north.
wokou; Japanese pirates (13th–16th c.)
invasion; incursion
foreign invasion; foreign attack
invasion; raid; inroad
invade; raid
The kanji 寇 originally depicted a person under a roof holding a weapon, suggesting a raider or invader. The reading こう is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.