tiǎn

exterminate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as 𠂈.

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdenX[d]ˤə[n]ʔ cease; destroy

說文解字

《說文》:“殄,盡也。从歺,聲。,古文殄如此。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica