歼

殲

jiān

千 + 歹

Definitions

jiān to annihilate; abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机[jiān jī jī], fighter plane

Etymology

A thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation

About

The character 歼 and its traditional iteration 殲 combine the radical 歹 (death, decay, or malice) with a phonetic component. The simplified form uses 千 for pronunciation, while the traditional form incorporates 韯. Its core meaning is to completely annihilate or exterminate an enemy force in combat, leaving no survivors.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

我军歼灭了敌人。

Wǒ jūn jiānmiè le dírén.

Our army annihilated the enemy.

歼击机在天空飞行。

Jiānjījī zài tiānkōng fēixíng.

The fighter plane is flying in the sky.

他们计划歼灭所有土匪。

Tāmen jìhuà jiānmiè suǒyǒu tǔfěi.

They plan to annihilate all bandits.

空军出动歼击机歼灭敌机。

Kōngjūn chūdòng jiānjījī jiānmiè díjī.

The air force deployed fighter planes to annihilate enemy aircraft.

在激烈的战斗中，我们歼灭了大量敌军。

Zài jīliè de zhàndòu zhōng, wǒmen jiānmiè le dàliàng díjūn.

In the fierce battle, we annihilated a large number of enemy troops.

敌人被我们的部队彻底歼灭了。

Dírén bèi wǒmen de bùduì chèdǐ jiānmiè le.

The enemy was completely annihilated by our troops.

这款新型歼击机能够歼灭任何空中目标。

Zhè kuǎn xīnxíng jiānjījī nénggòu jiānmiè rènhé kōngzhōng mùbiāo.

This new type of fighter plane can annihilate any aerial target.

为了确保边境安全，军队必须歼灭所有入侵的敌军。

Wèile quèbǎo biānjìng ānquán, jūnduì bìxū jiānmiè suǒyǒu rùqīn de díjūn.

In order to ensure border security, the army must annihilate all invading enemy troops.

Related Characters

Component: 千

Component: 歹

歼