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Kanji Detail for 侵 - "to invade"

侵

  • Meaning

    侵 means "to invade." Also associated with to attack, ugly.

    1. To invade - To gradually encroach.

    2. To attack - To advance into enemy territory.

    3. Ugly - Shabby; unattractive appearance; short and shabby.

  • Words using 侵

    • 侵害 しんがい Listen infringement; violation; invasion
    • 侵入 しんにゅう Listen invasion; incursion; raid
    • 不可侵 ふかしん Listen inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
    • 侵す おかす Listen to invade; to raid; to violate (airspace, etc.)
    • 侵犯 しんぱん Listen violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement

  • Tattoo check: 侵

    • Verified meaning: to invade
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to attack, ugly

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

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    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

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    oka.su(おか-す) おか-す

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to invade to attack ugly to encroach to violate intrude trespass infringe aggression assault breach infiltrate occupy penetrate raid

Sentences including 侵

  • For what purpose did you break into the house?

  • The country fell into the invader's hand.

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