U+8BDB "诛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BDB "诛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily means "to put to death" or "to execute," often carrying the connotation of punishment or condemnation for wrongdoing, and it is also used in the sense of "to blame" or "to reprimand." This character is composed of two components: the radical 言 (yán, meaning "speech" or "words") on the left, and 朱 (zhū, meaning "vermilion" or "red") on the right, with the phonetic element 朱 also contributing to its pronunciation as "zhū" in Mandarin. Historically and culturally, "诛" is frequently encountered in classical Chinese texts, idioms, and legal contexts, such as in the expression 口诛笔伐 (kǒu zhū bǐ fá), which describes verbally condemning or launching written attacks against someone, reflecting its deep roots in both justice and rhetoric.