Chinese Character 袭 Meanings and components.

Form

袭

Meaning

袭 meaning[3] in English

To Attack.

To Inherit.

Classifier For Suits (Esp. Of Funeral Robes).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 袭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Long (龙) , and clothes (衣)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with IPYHV

How to write 袭

To write袭xi2to attack you should write a combination of 龙long2surname Long , 衣yi1clothes arranged in a 吕 shape:

龙 + 衣 = 袭

袭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 袭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 袭, looks as follow:

袭
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Attack . To Inherit . Classifier For Suits (Esp. Of Funeral Robes)
龙
Pinyin:long2
Meaning[3]: Surname Long
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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