侵 means “invade, violate”

しん · shin

Also: encroach, raid, trespass

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おかす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

A person (亻) with a hand (又) gripping a broom: the oldest dictionary pictures 侵 as creeping forward bit by bit, as if sweeping. 侵入 is breaking in, 侵略 invasion, and 侵害 an infringement, of rights or of privacy.

Used in 侵入 (shinnyuu, intrusion/break-in), 侵略 (shinryaku, invasion), and 侵害 (shingai, infringement)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.