𠬶 jìn to invade Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Depicts a hand (又) holding a broom (帚). Alludes to an army wiping away, or cleaning up, the enemy in war, therefore conveying the meaning "to invade". Components 帚 帚 IconicRemnant component zhou broom Depicts a broom. 又 又 Iconic component yòu hand Depicts a hand. Component uses Sound (3) 侵寝寢 Meaning (1) 侵 Sources Character origin 季旭昇《說文新證》p.636-637Readings & variants Unicode