殞
yǔn

die

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

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
員
員 Sound component
yuán member

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢunʔ
Unicodehyuǐn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

殒 yǔn die Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 员 represents the sound. Simplified form of 殞.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
员
员 Sound component
yuán member

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode