歼(jiān)

HSK 7-97 strokesTrad. 殲

to annihilate

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Character information

Pinyin
jiān
Meaning
to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机, fighter plane
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
殲

Origin & structure

Where 歼 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰歹千

A thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

歹dǎi千qiān

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 殲: death

How to write 歼 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 歼

Common words using 歼 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiān歼miè灭
HSK 7-9

to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate

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quán全jiān歼

to annihilate; to wipe out completely; to exterminate

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jiān歼jī击

to annihilate; to attack and destroy; Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on So…

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jiān歼jī击jī机

fighter plane

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From 歼’s common words

灭全击机

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