袭
xí
(bound form) to raid; to attack
(bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
Dragon (龙) + clothing (衣) = sudden raid, or wearing what came before
A dragon descending suddenly onto clothing — the image captures the stealth and suddenness of a raid, and by extension, taking on a pattern or layer that was there before. 衣 mainly contributes the sound; 龙 drives the sense of something powerful sweeping down.
敌军在夜里发动了一次突袭。
dí jūn zài yè lǐ fā dòng le yī cì tū xí。
The enemy troops launched a surprise raid in the night.
这股冷空气来袭，气温一下子降了很多。
zhè gǔ lěng kōng qì lái xí，qì wēn yī xià zi jiàng le hěn duō。
This cold air mass swept in, and the temperature dropped a great deal all at once.
Words with 袭
进袭
jìn xí
raid
遇袭
yù xí
to suffer attack
隐袭
yǐn xí
insidious
一袭
yī xí
an outfit of (clothing)
世袭
shì xí
succession
世袭之争
shì xí zhī zhēng
succession struggle
世袭君主国
shì xí jūn zhǔ guó
hereditary monarchy
世袭罔替
shì xí wǎng tì
(of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family
来袭
lái xí
to invade
侵袭
qīn xí
to invade
偷袭
tōu xí
to mount a sneak attack
剿袭
chāo xí
variant of 抄襲|抄袭[chao1 xi2]