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殄

tiǎn

exterminate

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 㐱 represents the sound.

Components
歹 meaning component

歹  Meaning component

dǎi

  

evil, bad

㐱 sound component

㐱  Sound component

zhěn

  

thick hair

Evolution

殄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

殄  

tiǎn

to end; to exterminate

Most common words with 殄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

暴殄天物

to waste natural resources recklessly

殄

to exterminate

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

真 餮

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

真

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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