Dong Chinese dictionary

xí

raid

Phonosemantic compound. 龙 represents the meaning and 衣 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襲.

Components

龙 Meaning component

lóng

dragon

衣 Sound component

yī, yì

clothes

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

xí

raid, attack; inherit; to attack; to inherit; classifier for suits (esp. of funeral robes)

Most common words with 袭

Sources