Chinese symbol for “perpetuate”
袭
xí
Traditional: 襲
(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for perpetuate is 袭 (xí), defined as: (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 袭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 空袭 (空襲) | kōng xí | to make an air raid |
| 突袭 (突襲) | tū xí | to raid; to storm; surprise attack |
| 抄袭 (抄襲) | chāo xí | to plagiarize; to copy |
| 侵袭 (侵襲) | qīn xí | to invade; to assail |
| 来袭 (來襲) | lái xí | to invade; (of a storm etc) to strike |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.