袭
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(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 衣 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 襲
- Common rank
- #1,834
- Unicode
- U+88AD
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Formation & memory
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Words with 袭
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世袭君主国 | hereditary monarchy | |
| 世袭之争 | succession struggle; dispute over inheritance | |
| 袭击者 | attacker | |
| 一袭 | an outfit of (clothing) | |
| 空袭 | to make an air raid | |
| 来袭 | to invade; (of a storm etc) to strike; to hit | |
| 世袭 | succession; inheritance; hereditary | |
| 进袭 | raid; to carry out a raid; to invade | |
| 夜袭 | night attack | |
| 奇袭 | surprise attack; raid | |
| 袭胸 | to grope the breasts of a woman or girl | |
| 袭击 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 急袭 | sudden attack | |
| 因袭 | to follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines | |
| 袭警 | to assault a police officer | |
| 承袭 | to inherit; to follow; to adopt | |
| 隐袭 | insidious | |
| 蹈常袭故 | follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine | |
| 逆袭 | to counterattack; to strike back; (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on … | |
| 突袭 | to raid; to storm; surprise attack |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 衣 — compare how they read.