懂中文 Dong Chinese

歼

jiān

annihilate

A thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation

Components
歹 meaning component

歹  Meaning component

dǎi

  

evil, bad

千 sound,meaning component

千  Sound Meaning component

qiān

  

thousand

Evolution

歼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
歼 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
歼 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

歼 (殲) 

jiān

annihilate, wipe out, kill off; to annihilate; abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane

Most common words with 歼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

歼灭

to wipe out

歼

to annihilate

全歼

to annihilate

歼击机

fighter plane

歼击

to annihilate