殄 – vocab dash

Keyword

to exterminate

to end

Frequency: #6067
Strokes: 9

Readings

tiǎn

Mnemonic

歹 (death) gives the meaning and 㐱 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

歹wicked 㐱bushy

Used in characters

Used in vocabulary

暴殄天物bàotiǎntiānwù

to waste natural resources recklessly; not to know how to use things sparingly

to exterminate