歼 (jiān): to annihilate, abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane
歼 (jiān) is a Chinese character meaning “to annihilate.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 歹 (structural) and 千 (structural). It ranks #1798 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 歼 a thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 歹 (death) appears in many related characters such as 死 (sǐ, to die), 殊 (shū, (literary) to kill), 残 (cán, to destroy).
Definitions
- to annihilate
- abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰歹千 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歼灭verb | jiān miè | to wipe out |
| 全歼 | quán jiān | to annihilate |
| 歼击机noun | jiān jī jī | fighter plane |
| 歼击verb | jiān jī | to annihilate |
| 追歼 | zhuī jiān | to pursue and kill |
| 聚歼 | jù jiān | (military) to surround and annihilate |
歼 appears in 6 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 歼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好歼字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo jiān zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "jian" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
作为一款弹射型战机，歼-15T 出现在滑跃甲板的辽宁舰上引起外界关注。
zuò wéi yī kuǎn dàn shè xíng zhàn jī , jiān 1 5 T chū xiàn zài huá yuè jiǎ bǎn de liáo nìng jiàn shàng yǐn qǐ wài jiè guān zhù .
As a catapult-launched fighter jet, the J-15T has drawn public attention with its appearance on the Liaoning’s ski-jump deck.
...蓝白合才去凯道? 赵少康:民进党若一个个歼灭 之后选战很难打
. . . lán bái gě cái qù kǎi dào ? zhào shǎo kāng : mín jìn dǎng ruò yī gè gè jiān miè zhī hòu xuǎn zhàn hěn nán dǎ
...Will the Blue-White Alliance go to Kaido? Chao Shao-kang: If the Democratic Progressive Party is eliminated one by one, the election campaign will be very difficult to wage afterward
剑指日本对抗F-35 双座歼-20S列装“强军先锋飞行大队”
jiàn zhǐ rì běn duì kàng F 3 5 shuāng zuò jiān 2 0 S liè zhuāng qiáng jūn xiān fēng fēi háng dà duì
Aiming to Counter Japan’s F-35s: Two-Seat J-20Ss Enter Service with the “Vanguard Flight Squadron for Military Strengthening”
军工专家除名 歼-20之父被中科院撤简历
jūn gōng zhuān jiā chú míng jiān 2 0 zhī fù bèi zhōng kē yuàn chè jiǎn lì
Defense Industry Expert Removed from Roster; "Father of the J-20" Has His Resume Removed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Character Family
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