誅
kill, punish
誅 is composed of 言 (speech) and 朱 (vermilion). 言 means to tell or to inform, while 朱 depicts a tree with a mark painted on its trunk. Before felling a tree, the ancients would paint a mark on the trunk to tell the woodcutter which tree could be cut down. Therefore, 誅 means to kill, and also carries the meaning of punishment.
Vocabulary of 誅
- 誅滅 (exterminate)
- 天誅 (heavenly punishment)
- 伏誅 (be executed)
Classification
Related Characters:
7言say9訃
obituary9計plan9訂
agree10訒stutter10訖
finished10託request10記remember10訊
news10討ask for11設
display11訣farewell11訛false11許permit11訪
visit12詞
word12詠
sing12詁interpret12訶scold12詐
swindle12註
annotate12詛swear12診examine12詆defame12証proof12評
criticize12詔imperial13詩poem13詮explain13詢ask13該should13誠honest13話saying13詫astonished13誇exaggerate13詭violate13誅kill13試examination13詳detailed14誕brag14誦read14誌sign14誩argument14誖
perverse14誥enjoin14說speak14誓oath14誚mock14䛡talk14誨teach14誑
lies14認
recognize14語speech15調tone15誹slander15諕intimidate15諒
trust15誼relation15諉shirk15諗long for15論discuss15誰who15諸various16諟examine16諦truth16諱taboo16諺proverb16謀
plan16諢jest16謔tease16諷
satirize16諳know16諜
spy16謊lie17謗
slander17謅babble17謨plan18謫censure18謳song18謾deceive18謹careful19譙blame19證proof19䜌unite20謄copy20護protect20警warn20議discuss20譯translate23戀love23變change23讎collate