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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xí | xi2
English translation
to attack, to raid; to inherit

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

dragon

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

龍衣

Semantic compound

lóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Lóng represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
袭击 xíjī raid襲擊
to attack
突袭 tū xí surprise attack突襲
空袭 kōng xí air raid空襲
偷袭 tōu xí to raid偷襲
抄袭 chāo xí to copy抄襲
侵袭 qīn xí to invade侵襲
来袭 lái xí to invade來襲
沿袭 yán xí to carry on as before沿襲
袭击者 xí jī zhě attacker襲擊者
世袭 shì xí succession世襲
奇袭 qí xí raid奇襲
奔袭 bēn xí long-range raid奔襲
承袭 chéng xí to inherit承襲
夜袭 yè xí night attack夜襲
因袭 yīn xí to follow old patterns因襲
进袭 jìn xí raid進襲

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