殄
tiǎn

exterminate

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

Components

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