raid
Original meaning:
putting on extra clothing
Original form of 襲. Depicts a coat (衣) inside another coat (衣), symbolizing putting on extra layers of clothing. This character was later replaced with a phonosemantic compound form as early as the bronze scripts (龖 as phonetic and 衣 as semantic).
Definitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*sə-l[ə]p | zip | xí | repeat; additional robe |
*sə.l[ə]p | zip | xí | surprise attack |
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
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