Chinese Character 歼 Meanings and components.

Form

歼

Meaning

歼 meaning[3] in English

To Annihilate.

Abbr. For 殲擊機|歼击机, Fighter Plane.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 歼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bad (歹) , and thousand (千)

Its radical[1] is: 歹 (dai3) which means: Bad, Wicked, Evil, Kangxi Radical 78, .歹dai3bad

In cangjie it is written with MNHJ

How to write 歼

To write歼jian1to annihilate you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 千qian1thousand arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 千 = 歼

歼 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 歼 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 歼, looks as follow:

歼
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Annihilate . Abbr. For 殲擊機|歼击机, Fighter Plane
歹
Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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