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 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。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  宋师败绩，公伤股，门官歼焉。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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

Japanese

Kanji

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): [sʰʌ̹m]
Phonetic hangul: [섬]

Hanja

殲 (eumhun 다 죽일 섬 (dajugil seom))

hanja form^? of 섬 (“annihilation”)

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. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

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