Kanken 1
殲

Meaning

Kanji 殲

massacre

massacre

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つく.すほろぼ.す
Onyomi 音読み
セン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 殱 (Legal Form) , 歼 (Itaiji)

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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
櫼 • 孅 • 懺 • 襳 • 纖 • 韱 • 籤

Related vocabulary

1 common entries

Showing 1 of 1 entries that include this kanji.

殲滅

せんめつ

extermination

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

敵を殲したと思ったが、まだ生き残りがいた。

I thought the enemy had been wiped out, but there were still survivors.

その将軍は反乱軍を殲するよう命じた。

The general ordered the rebel forces to be annihilated.

村を襲った軍勢は住民を殲しようとした。

The troops that attacked the village tried to massacre its inhabitants.

彼は害虫を殲するために強い薬をまいた。

He sprayed a strong chemical to wipe out the pests.

火事は森の小動物を殲しかねない。

The fire could wipe out the small animals in the forest.