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Kanji Detail for 侵 - "invade, encroach, advance"
侵
- Meaning
侵 means "invade, encroach, advance."
To invade - To gradually encroach.
To attack - To advance into enemy territory.
Ugly - Shabby; unattractive appearance; short and shabby.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
encroach; invade; raid; trespass; violate
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
invade, encroach upon, raid
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to invade, to encroach upon, to raid
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To gradually advance. Such as 侵淫, 侵尋. | Secret military incursion across borders is called 侵, meaning secretly dispatching troops to catch people unprepared. | To press; to approach. Such as 破曉 (daybreak) is called 侵晨. | All taking beyond one's share what one shouldn't have is called 侵. Such as 侵奪 (seize), 侵占 (encroach), 侵犯 (violate).
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