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殲
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歼
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annihilate

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Change
jiān
セン
つく.す、ほろぼ.す
섬
Components
Traditional (殲)
歹 malicious+ 韱 wild onions or leeks =
殲 annihilate
歹 Meaning component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
death
韱 Phonetic component
xiān wild onions or leeks
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Simplified (歼)
歹 malicious+ 千 thousand =
歼 annihilate
歹 Meaning component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
千 Meaning component
qiān thousand
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiū​qiān]
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Notes
Similar Characters
列 line up死 death歼 wipe (simp)殁 die (simp)殂 to die殃 calamity殄 end殆 perilous殇 young (simp)殉 die for cause殊 dissimilar残 incomplete (jp)殍 to starve to death殒 perish (simp)殓 dress corpse for burial (simp)殖 breed殗 repeated殘 incomplete (trad)殚 entirely (simp)殛 to put to
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
歼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
歼 / 殲 [jiān]
to annihilate; abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
歼灭 [jiān​miè] #15,811
to wipe out
全歼 [quán​jiān] #50,985
to annihilate
歼击机 [jiān​jī​jī] #64,122
fighter plane
歼击 [jiān​jī] #51,397
to annihilate
追歼 [zhuī​jiān] #56,025
to pursue and kill
聚歼 [jù​jiān] #60,886
to annihilate
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
殲滅 [せんめつ] #8,477
annihilation
殲滅戦 [せんめつせん]
war of annihilation
KOREAN WORDS (1)
섬멸
annihilation; destruction