袭
xí HSK7

raid

袭 (襲) xí
perpetuate verb
to follow an established pattern, continue a tradition, or inherit

这个古老的习俗一直沿袭至今。

zhè gè gǔ​lǎo de xí​sú yī​zhí yán xí zhì jīn.

This ancient custom has been passed down to this day.

raid verb
to raid or make a surprise attack

敌军趁着夜色偷袭了营地。

dí​jūn chèn​zhe yè​sè tōu xí le yíng​dì.

The enemy launched a surprise attack on the camp under cover of night.

set measure word
a classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding

她身着一袭洁白的长裙。

tā shēn​zhuó yī xí jié​bái de cháng​qún.

She was wearing a pure white long dress.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,213th most common 109.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,222nd most common 69.0 per million appears in 24% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.36 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
14.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
襲
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+88AD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)