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Kanji Detail for 侵 - "to invade, to attack, ugly"

  • Meaning

    侵 means "to invade, 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.

  • 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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