jiǎn

exterminate

Components

Sound component
jìn advance
Meaning component
spear

spear

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

exterminate Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsenʔ

說文解字

滅也。从戈晉聲。《詩》曰:“實始戩商。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica