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歼

jiān

Character Traditional 殲

What 歼 means

1. to annihilate
2. abbr. for {歼击机|jiān jī jī}, fighter plane

Words starting with 歼

• 歼灭jiān mièto wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
• 歼击jiān jīto annihilate; to attack and destroy; Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG
• 歼击机jiān jī jīfighter plane

Words containing 歼

• 全歼quán jiānto annihilate; to wipe out completely; to exterminate
• 聚歼jù jiān(military) to surround and annihilate
• 追歼zhuī jiānto pursue and kill; to wipe out

Characters that look like 歼

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 终zhōngend; finish
• 抖dǒuto tremble; to shake out; to reveal
• 秆gǎnstalks of grain
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 杵chǔpestle; to poke

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 浅sound of moving water