殄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 歹
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tiǎn
Cantonese: can2 tin5
JapaneseKun: TSUKIRU TAERU
JapaneseOn: TEN
Korean: CIN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to end; to exterminate

CE-Dict: to exterminate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] to completely destroy or waste
2.to extirpate; to exterminate; to weed out; to wipe out

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《歺部》殄盡也。从歺㐱聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【歹字部】殄
〔古文〕𣦺𠂈【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤徒典切，塡上聲。【說文】盡也。一曰絕也。【書·舜典】朕墍讒說殄行。【孔傳】言疾讒說，絕君子之行也。又【畢命】商俗靡靡，餘風未殄。　又【周禮·地官·稻人】凡稼澤，夏以水殄草而芟夷之。【註】殄，病也，絕也。　又與腆同。【儀禮·燕禮】寡君有不腆之酒。【鄭註】古文腆皆作殄。【詩·邶風】籧篨不殄。【箋】殄，當作腆。善也。正義曰：腆與殄，古今字之異，故《儀禮》註云腆古文字作殄，是也。　又【集韻】或作塡。【詩·小雅】哀我塡寡。塡，徒典切。

CF-Dict: détruire

Han-De-Dict: ausrotten (u.E.)