殉
xùn

die for cause

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 旬 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
旬
旬 Sound component
xún ten-day period

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzwinHs.[ɢ]ʷi[n]-saccompany in death
Zhengzhangsɢʷins
Unicodezuìn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang