殲

殲

See also: 歼 and 殱

殲 U+6BB2, 殲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BB2 ← 殱 [U+6BB1] CJK Unified Ideographs 殳 → [U+6BB3]

Translingual

Traditional	殲
Shinjitai (extended)	殱/𫞔
Simplified	歼

Han character

殲 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+17, 21 strokes, cangjie input 一弓人戈一 (MNOIM), four-corner 1325₀, composition ⿰歹韱)

Further reading

• KangXi: page 584, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16608
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1396, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6BB2

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Chinese

trad.		殲
simp.		歼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
讖	*sʰrims
攕	*sreːm
櫼	*sreːm, *ʔsem
懺	*sʰraːms
殲	*ʔsem
瀸	*ʔsem
鑯	*ʔsem
虃	*ʔslem
籤	*sʰem
韯	*sem
纖	*sem
孅	*sem
韱	*sem
襳	*sem, *srem, *srim

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsem) : semantic 歹 + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiam / chiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹
    • Yale: jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹
    • Yale: chīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇm/

Rime
Character	殲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siam/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殲
Reading #	1/1
No.	13477
Phonetic component	韱
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	尖
Old Chinese	/*ʔsem/

Definitions

殲

1. to annihilate; to wipe out; to kill off; to destroy

   • 宋師敗績，公傷股，門官殲焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宋师败绩，公伤股，门官歼焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Sòng shī bàijì, gōng shāng gǔ, ménguān jiān yān. [Pinyin]

     The Song forces were decisively defeated. The Duke was wounded in the thigh, and all of his guards were killed in the battle.

Compounds

攻殲／攻歼 殲一警百／歼一警百 殲擊／歼击 (jiānjī)

殲擊機／歼击机 (jiānjījī) 殲敵／歼敌 (jiāndí) 殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè)

殲滅戰／歼灭战 (jiānmièzhàn) 犬馬齒殲／犬马齿歼 聚殲／聚歼

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Japanese

Kanji

殲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 殱)

1. annihilate, eradicate, wipe out

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: つくす (tsukusu, 殲す); ほろぼす (horobosu, 殲す)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 殲 (MC t͡siᴇm).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 졈 (Yale: cyem) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 셤 (syem) (Yale: syem) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [섬]

Hanja

Wikisource殲 (eumhun 다죽일 섬 (dajugil seom))

1. Hanja form^? of 섬 (“annihilation”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 섬멸 (殲滅, seommyeol, “annihilation, eradication, extermination”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

殲: Hán Việt readings: tiêm
殲: Nôm readings: tiêm

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References

• Nom Foundation