歼

See also: 殲 and 奸

歼 U+6B7C, 歼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B7C ← 死 [U+6B7B] CJK Unified Ideographs 歽 → [U+6B7D]

Translingual

Traditional	殲
Shinjitai (extended)	殱/𫞔
Simplified	歼

Han character

歼 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+3, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 一弓竹十 (MNHJ) or 難一弓竹十 (XMNHJ), composition ⿰歹千)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 579, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1381, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6B7C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 殲 (韱 → 千)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 歼 – see 殲 (“to annihilate; to wipe out; to kill off; to destroy”). (This character is the simplified form of 殲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.