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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “succession”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗣 | sì | succession (to a title); to inherit |
| 演替 | yǎn tì | succession (of changes in an ecological community); naturally evolving sequence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 世袭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 世纪 (世紀) | shì jì | century |
| 全世界 | quán shì jiè | worldwide; entire world |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away; to die |
| 世上 | shì shàng | on earth |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away; to die |
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 空袭 (空襲) | kōng xí | to 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.