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

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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／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

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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): /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/

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• 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/
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.

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Japanese

Kanji

殲

(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 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

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. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation