# 殲

| 殲 | U+6BB2, &#27570; 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 1325$_0$, 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cim$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam / chiam
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cim$^1$
*** Yale: chīm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsim$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛm/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zim$^1$ |
* 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
* to annihilate; to wipe out; to kill off; to destroy
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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.

### Compounds

* 攻殲 / 攻歼
* 殲一警百 / 歼一警百
* 殲擊 / 歼击 (jiānjī)
* 殲擊機 / 歼击机 (jiānjījī)
* 殲敵 / 歼敌 (jiāndí)
* 殲滅 / 歼灭 (jiānmiè)
* 殲滅戰 / 歼灭战 (jiānmièzhàn)
* 犬馬齒殲 / 犬马齿歼
* 聚殲 / 聚歼

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 殱)
* annihilate, eradicate, wipe out

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)
* Kun: つくす (tsukusu, 殲す)、ほろぼす (horobosu, 殲す)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 殲 (MC tsjem).
* 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: [sʰʌ̹m]
* Phonetic hangul: [섬]

### Hanja

Wikisource 殲 (eumhun 다죽일 섬 (dajugil seom))
* hanja form of 섬 (“annihilation”)

#### 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.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

殲: Hán Việt readings: tiêm
殲: Nôm readings: tiêm
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#### References

* Nom Foundation