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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 27, 2026, 12:39 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 27, 2026, 12:39 AM

Not an edit: 襲 was originally written as 𲀭 in oracle bone script, but it's not shown in the dictionary. How do we tell users what the original form looks like when it's not in the database?

Original meaning: putting on extra clothing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundRemnant component
Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzipsə-l[ə]p repeat; additional robe
zipsə.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