殂
cú

to die

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzaː

說文解字

往、死也。从歺且聲。《虞書》曰：“勛乃殂。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)