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Chinese symbol for “succession”

世袭
shì xí
Traditional: 世襲
succession; inheritance; hereditary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for succession is 世袭 (shì xí), defined as: succession; inheritance; hereditary.

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

世 shì
generation, era, age; world
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
袭 xí
to attack, to raid; to inherit
radical 145 ⾐ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “succession”

WordPinyinMeaning
嗣sìsuccession (to a title); to inherit
演替yǎn tìsuccession (of changes in an ecological community); naturally evolving sequence

Related words

Other words that share a character with 世袭.

WordPinyinMeaning
世界shì jièworld
世纪 (世紀)shì jìcentury
全世界quán shì jièworldwide; entire world
去世qù shìto pass away; to die
世上shì shàngon earth
逝世shì shìto pass away; to die
袭击 (襲擊)xí jīattack (esp. surprise attack); raid
空袭 (空襲)kōng xíto make an air raid

See also: Japanese symbol for “succession”.

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.

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