jiān

annihilate

Components
歹 meaning component

  Meaning component

dǎi

  

evil, bad

death

韱 sound component

  Sound component

xiān

  

wild onions or leeks

Evolution

殲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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jiān

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

Most common words with 殲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

歼灭

to wipe out

to annihilate

全歼

to annihilate

歼击机

fighter plane

歼击

to annihilate