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侵

qīn

invade

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𠬶 represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

𠬶 sound,meaning component

𠬶  Sound Meaning component

jìn

  

to invade

Evolution

侵 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
侵 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
侵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
侵 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
侵 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

侵  

qīn

invade, encroach upon, raid; to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach

Most common words with 侵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

侵犯

to infringe on

入侵

to invade

侵略

invasion

侵入

to invade

侵害

to encroach on

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ][i]m

tshim

qīn

invade


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 19.5259% of movies

1456th most common character in movies

1086th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+4FB5

Shuowen

“侵，漸進也。从人、又，持帚若埽之進。又，手也。”


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