歼 — Chinese character
歼
jiān
to annihilate, to kill off, to wipe out
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Radical
- 78 ⽍ (Death)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 歹 千
- Formation
- ideographic — A thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 殲
Common words with 歼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歼灭 (殲滅) | jiān miè | to wipe out; to crush |
| 全歼 (全殲) | quán jiān | to annihilate; to wipe out completely |
| 歼击机 (殲擊機) | jiān jī jī | fighter plane |
| 歼击 (殲擊) | jiān jī | to annihilate; to attack and destroy |
| 追歼 (追殲) | zhuī jiān | to pursue and kill; to wipe out |
| 聚歼 (聚殲) | jù jiān | (military) to surround and annihilate |
English words written with 歼
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.