袭 - xí - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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22 strokes
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襲 (袭)

xí

Definition

to attack
to inherit
classifier (for suits (esp. of funeral robes))
measure word

Character Decomposition

Related words (25)

襲擊

xí jī

attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack

attacker

succession; inheritance; hereditary

侵襲

qīn xí

to invade; to assail; onslaught

偷襲

tōu xí

to mount a sneak attack; to raid

吹襲

chuī xí

storm struck; to attack (of wind)

因襲

yīn xí

to follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines

night attack

surprise attack; raid

long-range raid

sudden attack

to inherit; to follow; to adopt

抄襲

chāo xí

to plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy

來襲

lái xí

to invade; (of a storm etc) to strike; to hit

沿襲

yán xí

to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc)

空襲

kōng xí

air raid; attack from the air

surprise attack

to follow blindly

raid; to carry out a raid; to invade

counterattack

to suffer attack; to be ambushed

世襲之爭

shì xí zhī zhēng

succession struggle; dispute over inheritance

terrorist attack

to attack from an unexpected direction

世襲君主國

shì xí jūn zhǔ guó

hereditary monarchy

Idioms (1)

蹈常襲故

dǎo cháng xí gù

follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine

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