音読み: シン
訓読み: おかす
画数: 9
部首: にんべん（亻）
Meaning
Invade / Violate / Intrude
- Basic forms
- 侵す — violate; infringe; invade / base form
- 侵します — violates; infringes / masu form
- 侵した — violated; infringed / ta form
- 侵して — violating … / te form
- 侵さない — do not violate / negative
- 侵せば — if (one) violates / conditional
- 侵せ — violate!; invade! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 権利を侵す — violate rights
- 法律を侵す — break the law
- 領土を侵す — invade territory
- More
- 侵される — be violated; be invaded / passive
- 侵している — is violating; is infringing / state
侵す（おかす） is a godan transitive verb. It is used for acts that cross boundaries, such as violating laws, rights, or territorial limits.
- 侵入 — invasion / trespass
- 侵害 — violation / infringement
- 侵略 — aggression / invasion
- 侵食 — erosion / encroachment
- 侵犯 — violation / intrusion
The radical 亻 (person) indicates human action. The right part provides sound and nuance of entering forcefully. Together they suggest a person intruding into another’s territory — leading to meanings of invasion, violation, and encroachment.