Read Edit View history 㦰 jiān to exterminate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Prismcool · Dec 23, 2023, 07:24 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 23, 2023, 07:24 PM Changed sources Changed fields: customSources Pictograph of two people (从) being killed by a weapon (戈). Original form of 殲. Components 从 从 Iconic component cóng, cōng from Depicts two people. 戈 戈 Iconic component gē spear Character Evolution Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 《說文》：“，絕也。一曰田器。从从持戈。古文讀若咸，讀若《詩》云：‘攕攕女手。’” Sources Character origin 說文解字zi.toolsReadings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
