聚歼
jù​jiān

annihilate

聚 jù assemble

Phonosemantic compound. 乑 represents the meaning and 取 represents the sound.

Components

取
取 Sound component
qǔ take
乑
乑 Meaning component
zhòng, yín, pān people standing side-by-side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

骤鄹驟

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzjuXm-tsʰoʔ bring together
dzjuHm-tsʰoʔ-s bring together

說文解字

《說文》：“聚，會也。从，取聲。邑落云聚。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

歼 jiān annihilate Simplified

A thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
千
千 SoundMeaning component
qiān thousand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

殲 jiān annihilate Traditional

Components

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

death

韱
韱 Sound component
xiān wild onions or leeks

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsem
Unicodetziɛm

說文解字

微盡也。从歺韱聲。《春秋傳》曰：“齊人殲于遂。”

Sources

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