zhū

execute

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

朱 sound component

  Sound component

zhū

  

red pigment

Evolution

诛 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
诛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诛 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
诛 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诛 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhū

execute, kill, put to death; punish; to put (a criminal) to death; to punish

Most common words with 诛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to punish

口诛笔伐

to denounce by word and pen

诛杀

to kill

伏诛

to be executed

诛灭

to wipe out

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3274th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+8BDB


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