tiǎn
exterminate
Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 㐱 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠂈.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]ˤə[n]ʔ | denX | tiǎn | cease; destroy |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
6018th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+6B84 |
Shuowen | “殄，盡也。从歺，聲。，古文殄如此。” |
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