袭 xí to attack
to attack; to raid; to inherit
怎么记住“袭”: 龙 dragon + 衣 clothes = to attack. The little brother pulls his dragon costume over his clothes and roars off to attack the kitchen.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
袭 = 龙 dragon + 衣 clothes
- 龙 dragon sound
- 衣 clothes meaning
The little brother pulls his dragon costume over his clothes and roars off to attack the kitchen.
How it came to be
The clothes give the meaning and the dragon the sound; the word first meant a robe closed on the left.
用法
- Two senses: 'to attack/raid': 袭击 (xíjī) an attack, 突袭 (tūxí) surprise raid, 空袭 (kōngxí) air raid; and 'to inherit/copy': 世袭 (shìxí) hereditary, 抄袭 (chāoxí) to plagiarize.
- 抄袭 (copy another's work as your own) is a key trap-word: plagiarism, not mere imitation.