# 侵 perpetrate

(personleft) + (snout) + (George Michael's Moustache) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
★★☆☆☆
9 strokes
ABU DUPE

## Onyomi

SHIN | as in, "The perpetrator stole a SHINy diamond. "

## Mnemonic

| The mustachioed person raped the pig - snout with his crotch. In the nostril!

## Kunyomi

おか*す | violate something, usually in the sense of rape, but also somtimes: civil rights, copyright, right to privacy, right to free speech, etc. Also used in slander or defemation, for instance if I said the pope only had one nut. NP ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

に 侵攻(しんこう) する | invasion ★☆☆☆☆ NP 侵 (perpetrate) + 攻 (attack) = 侵攻 (invasion)
に 侵入(しんにゅう) する | intrusion ★☆☆☆☆ NP 侵 (perpetrate) + 入 (put/go in) = 侵入 (intrusion) intrusion or infestation or - sometimes - interstitial or even good old 'entry!' If you're talking about intrusive, anxious thoughts that make it impossible to enjoy a sunny day, or whether you're talking about a burglar intruding into your home, or an infestation of maggots in a wound, or even if you're planning a particular point for a moon landing, しんにゅう is your boy. Holla!

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
掃 | sweep | HAND | 手
帰 | go back home | SWORD | 刀
侵 | perpetrate | PERSON | 人
浸 | immerse | WATER | 水

You use your HANDS to clean,

but use your SWORD to go home

(since there are zombies in your driveway, duh).

A PERSON perpetrates a crime by immersing a wicked witch in WATER. That might have been cool in the '40s but now it's a hate-crime.

## Synonyms

invade 侵攻（進攻） 侵入 侵略
perpetrate 犯す 侵す