Hanja Analyzer
殲

殲 — seom

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
다죽일 섬
Romanization
seom
English
annihilate, wipe out, kill off
Mandarin
jiān
Japanese on'yomi
セン
Japanese kun'yomi
つく.す ほろぼ.す
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
21
Radical
歹 (78, 17 residual)
Phonetic component
韱
Unicode
U+6BB2

Parts that make up 殲

  • 歹 뼈앙상할 알, 나쁠 대 앙상한 뼈죽음과 부서짐
  • 韱 산부추 섬sound 가늘게 갈라진 부추‘섬·참’ 계열의 소리

How 殲 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 殲 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 歹, 韱.

Korean example words with 殲

  • 섬멸되다殲滅 Korean gloss: 모조리 무찔러져 멸망되다
  • 섬멸전殲滅戰 Korean gloss: 적을 남김없이 무찔러 없애는 싸움
  • 섬박殲撲 Korean gloss: 때려 부숨.
  • 진섬殄殲 Korean gloss: 모두 망함. 또는 무찔러서 모두 없애 버림.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 殲

  • 殲滅せんめつ annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction
  • 殲滅戦せんめつせん war of annihilation; war of extermination

Characters sharing the phonetic 韱

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

孅 懺 瀸 籤 纖 讖

Other hanja read “섬”

孅 憸 摻 暹 睒 繊 纖 蟾 譫 贍 銛 閃 陝 韱

Other hanja with radical 歹

歹 死 歿 殀 殁 殂 殃 殄 殆 殉 殊 残 殍 殑 殖 殘 殛 殞 殢 殤 殫 殭 殮 殯

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