chāojiǎo

destroy

Components
巢 sound component

  Sound component

cháo

  

nest

力 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

power

strength

Evolution

勦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
勦 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
勦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chāo

destroy, exterminate, annihilate

() 

chāo

variant of [chāo]

() 

jiǎo

variant of [jiǎo]

Most common words with 勦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

围剿

to encircle and annihilate

to destroy

清剿

clean-up operation

剿灭

to eliminate (by armed force)

剿匪

to send armed forces to suppress