Dong Chinese dictionary

xí

raid

putting on extra clothing

Simplified form of 襲. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound.

Components

dá

flight of a dragon

衣 Meaning component

yī, yì

clothes

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

xí

raid, attack; inherit; to attack; to inherit; classifier for suits (esp. of funeral robes)

Most common words with 袭

Sources