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Chinese symbol for “raid”

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 raid 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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

袭 xí
to attack, to raid; to inherit
radical 145 ⾐ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “raid”

WordPinyinMeaning
突袭 (突襲)tū xíto raid; to storm; surprise attack
进袭 (進襲)jìn xíraid; to carry out a raid
袭击 (襲擊)xí jīattack (esp. surprise attack); raid
抄chāoto make a copy; to plagiarize
窜犯 (竄犯)cuàn fànto raid; an intrusion (of the enemy, or bandit groups)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 袭.

WordPinyinMeaning
袭击 (襲擊)xí jīattack (esp. surprise attack); raid
空袭 (空襲)kōng xíto make an air raid
突袭 (突襲)tū xíto raid; to storm; surprise attack
抄袭 (抄襲)chāo xíto plagiarize; to copy
侵袭 (侵襲)qīn xíto invade; to assail
来袭 (來襲)lái xíto invade; (of a storm etc) to strike

See also: Japanese symbol for “raid”.

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.