chāo, jiǎo
destroy
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 勦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to encircle and annihilate | ||
to destroy | ||
clean-up operation | ||
to eliminate (by armed force) | ||
to send armed forces to suppress |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2632nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+52E6 |
Shuowen | “勦,勞也。《春秋傳》曰:‘安用勦民。’从力,巢聲。” |
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