Kanji N1

侵: encroach, invade, raid

侵 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning encroach, invade, raid, written with 9 strokes. It is read シン (on) and おかす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 侵略 (しんりゃく, invasion) and 侵入 (しんにゅう, invasion).

侵

Meanings

  • encroach
  • invade
  • raid
  • trespass
  • violate
Strokes9
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1025 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おかす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 侵

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 侵略しんりゃく

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

    JLPT N1
  • 侵入しんにゅう

    invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion

    JLPT N2
  • 侵すおかす

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

    JLPT N1
  • 侵害しんがい

    infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment

  • 侵攻しんこう

    invasion

  • 侵犯しんぱん

    violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.)

  • 不可侵ふかしん

    inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

  • 侵食しんしょく

    encroachment; invasion

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.