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Kotomora

侵

encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • シン

Kun'yomi

  • おか.す

Meaning

侵 centers on forceful entry into a space or boundary that should not be crossed: encroaching, invading, trespassing, or violating. The raid sense is a sudden, aggressive instance of that same intrusion.

Most common words using 侵

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  • 侵入しんにゅう
    N2

    invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass; penetration; hacking

  • 侵略しんりゃく
    N1

    invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

  • 侵害しんがい

    infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass

  • 侵攻しんこう

    invasion

  • 侵すおかす
    N1

    to invade; to raid; to violate (airspace, etc.); to intrude; to trespass

  • 侵食しんしょく

    encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights)

  • 侵犯しんぱん

    violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement

  • 不可侵ふかしん

    inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

  • 侵襲しんしゅう

    invasion; infestation

  • 侵出しんしゅつ

    intrusion

  • 不侵略ふしんりゃく

    nonaggression

  • 不侵略条約ふしんりゃくじょうやく

    nonaggression pact; nonaggression treaty

  • 不可侵条約ふかしんじょうやく

    non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty

  • 不可侵権ふかしんけん

    inviolable right

  • 不法侵入ふほうしんにゅう

    trespassing; intrusion

  • 不法侵入者ふほうしんにゅうしゃ

    trespasser

  • 主権侵犯しゅけんしんぱん

    infringement of sovereignty

  • 人権侵害じんけんしんがい

    human rights violation

  • 低侵襲手術ていしんしゅうしゅじゅつ

    minimally invasive surgery

  • 住居侵入罪じゅうきょしんにゅうざい

    breaking and entering

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Etymology

侵 combines 亻 (person) with a phonetic component that historically relates to gradual advance or infiltration. The exact origin of the right-side shape is uncertain, but the character consistently expresses a person moving into a space step by step.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 holding a broom-like shape sweeps aside a cover 冖 and reaches in with a hand 又, encroaching where they do not belong.

Reading mnemonic

For シン, imagine a shin-high fence being stepped over by an intruder: shin -> シン, and the person 亻 is violating the boundary.