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

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,834 U+88AD

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

龙 (semantic, “dragon”) + 衣 (phonetic, yī)

components: 龙衣

raid · Heisig RSH #1475

龙 dragon + 衣 clothing

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 衣

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 衣 (yī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
衣 sound component	yī	cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
依	yī	to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to
哀	āi	sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
裔	yì	progeny, descendants
铱	yī	iridium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
世袭君主国	shì xí jūn zhǔ guó	hereditary monarchy
世袭之争	shì xí zhī zhēng	succession struggle; dispute over inheritance
袭击者	xí jī zhě	attacker
一袭	yī xí	an outfit of (clothing)
空袭	kōng xí	to make an air raid
来袭	lái xí	to invade; (of a storm etc) to strike; to hit
世袭	shì xí	succession; inheritance; hereditary
进袭	jìn xí	raid; to carry out a raid; to invade
夜袭	yè xí	night attack
奇袭	qí xí	surprise attack; raid
袭胸	xí xiōng	to grope the breasts of a woman or girl
袭击	xí jī	attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack
急袭	jí xí	sudden attack
因袭	yīn xí	to follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines
袭警	xí jǐng	to assault a police officer
承袭	chéng xí	to inherit; to follow; to adopt
隐袭	yǐn xí	insidious
蹈常袭故	dǎo cháng xí gù	follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut; always the same routine
逆袭	nì xí	to counterattack; to strike back; (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on …
突袭	tū xí	to raid; to storm; surprise attack