襲

See also: 袭

Translingual

Han character

襲 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 卜心卜竹女 (YPYHV), four-corner 0173₂, composition ⿱龍衣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1127, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34717
• Dae Jaweon: page 1594, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3121, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8972

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Chinese

trad.		襲
simp.		袭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
龖	*l'ɯːb
襲	*ljɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljɯb) : phonetic 龖 (OC *l'ɯːb) + semantic 衣 (“cloth”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Originally 𧟟?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xí (xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ / zap⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xib⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): si̍p / si̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sib⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ / zap⁶
    • Yale: jaahp / jahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ / dzap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ / zeb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚²/, /t͡sɐp̚²/

Note: zap6 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xib⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sip̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍p
    • Tâi-lô: si̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sip
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /sip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sip̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sib⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sip̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zip

Rime
Character	襲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似入切
Baxter	zip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/zip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/zjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zip̚/
Li Rong	/ziəp̚/
Wang Li	/zĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə-l[ə]p/, /*sə.l[ə]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	襲	襲
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xí	xí
Middle Chinese	‹ zip ›	‹ zip ›
Old Chinese	/*sə-l[ə]p/	/*sə.l[ə]p/
English	repeat; additional robe	surprise attack
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襲
Reading #	1/1
No.	1932
Phonetic component	龖
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	習
Old Chinese	/*ljɯb/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 襲

1. to attack; to raid
2. to follow the pattern; to carry on as before
3. to lap over; to superpose
4. to inherit
5. Classifier for a suit or set of clothes.
6. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

襲

(Jōyō kanji)

1. attack
2. advance on
3. succeed to
4. seize

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū, Jōyō); じゅう (jū)
• Kun: おそう (osou, 襲う, Jōyō); かさねる (kasaneru, 襲ねる); かさね (kasane, 襲); つぐ (tsugu, 襲ぐ)

Compounds

• 襲撃(しゅうげき) (shūgeki)
• 襲名(しゅうめい) (shūmei)
• 襲用(しゅうよう) (shūyō)
• 襲来(しゅうらい) (shūrai)
• 熊襲(くまそ) (Kumaso)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
襲
かさね Grade: S
kun'yomi

From 重(かさ)ねる (kasaneru, “to pile, heap; to repeat”).

Noun

襲(かさね) • (kasane) 

1. layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat
2. combination of colors created by layering of garments

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Korean

Hanja

襲 • (seup)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 습 (revised: seup, McCune–Reischauer: sŭp, Yale: sup)
  • Name (hangeul): 엄습할
    

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Compounds

• 襲擊 (습격, seupgyeok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 襲 (tập)

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