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Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC 
Seal Qin 221-206 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
龖
Changed fields: hint, components
Original meaning: putting on extra clothing
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 龖 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zip | sə-l[ə]p | repeat; additional robe |
| zip | sə.l[ə]p | surprise attack |
說文解字
《說文》：“襲，左衽袍。从衣，龖省聲。，籀文襲不省。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)