世袭

Traditional form:

世襲

Pinyin (reading):

shìxí

Definitions:

• succession
• inheritance
• hereditary

Characters:

• 世 - generation, era, age; world
• 袭 - to attack, to raid; to inherit

Traditional characters:

• 世 - generation, era, age; world
• 襲 - to attack, to raid; to inherit