kill

Components
翏 sound component

  Sound component

liù

  

to sweep away, to remove

戈 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

spear

spear

Evolution

戮 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
戮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kill, massacre; oppress; to kill

() 

to join (forces); variant of [lù]

() 

to peel with a knife; old variant of [lù]

Most common words with 戮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杀戮

to massacre

to peel with a knife

屠戮

slaughter

诛戮

to put to death

戮力同心

concerted efforts in a common cause (idiom); united and working together