12345678910111213Keywordto destroyto annihilateto exterminateFrequency#2730Strokes13ReadingsjiǎoMnemonic刂 (knife) gives the meaning and 巢 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of巢nest刂knifeUsed in vocabulary围剿wéijiǎoto encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively剿jiǎoto destroy; to extirpate清剿qīngjiǎoto suppress (insurgents); clean-up operation剿匪jiǎofěito send armed forces to suppress剿灭jiǎomièto eliminate (by armed force)追剿zhuījiǎoto pursue and eliminate; to suppress