tiǎn

exterminate

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

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