殲

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See also: 歼 and 殱

殲	U+6BB2, 殲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BB2

CJK Unified Ideographs

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 Dictionary: 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

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 / 形声, OC *ʔsem) : semantic 歹 + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam / chiam

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): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cim¹
  - Yale: chīm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qim¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam
  - Tâi-lô: tshiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiafm
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: tsjem

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
Baxter	tsjem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siam/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛm/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛm/
Bernhard 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

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.
  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

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 殲

殲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 殱)

annihilate, eradicate, wipe out

Readings

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

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 殲 (MC tsjem).

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):
Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

殲

殲 (eumhun 다 죽일 섬 (dajugil seom))

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.

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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