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殺
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
杀
🇨🇳

kill

HSK 10 N2
Human →Actions →Change
shā
サツ、サイ、セツ
ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ、あや.める
살, 쇠
Depicts a person being decapitated (杀) with a weapon (殳).
Components
杀 murder+ 殳 weapon or tool =
殺 kill
杀 Iconic component
shā murder
kill, slaughter, murder
Depicts a person being decapitated.
殳 Iconic component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
Notes
Similar Characters
刹 monastery (simp)剎 brake (trad)脎 osazone弑 to kill one's superior (simp)弒 to kill one's superior (trad)铩 moult (simp)役 service段 stage殷 ardent殸 stone chimes殹 echo殿 ceremonial hall毄 to hit against毇 to pound rice發 send out (trad)磬 musical芟 weed墼 投 throw觳 an ancient measure
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
殺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
杀 / 殺 [shā]
to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
殺 あやめ
Ayame female given name
殺 さつ
Satsu female given name
CHINESE WORDS (162)
自杀 [zì​shā] #1,009
to kill oneself
杀人 [shā​rén] #986
homicide
杀死 [shā​sǐ] #981
to kill
杀手 [shā​shǒu] #1,145
killer
谋杀 [móu​shā] #782
to murder
杀害 [shā​hài] #1,815
to murder
屠杀 [tú​shā] #4,646
to massacre
谋杀案 [móu​shā​'àn] #2,313
murder case
暗杀 [àn​shā] #5,020
to assassinate
杀人犯 [shā​rén​fàn] #3,153
murderer
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 殺す [ころす] #496
to kill
⭐ 自殺 [じさつ] #3,606
suicide
⭐ 殺人 [さつじん] #4,407
murder
⭐ 殺し [ころし] #4,409
murder
⭐ 殺害 [さつがい] #4,711
killing
⭐ 殺意 [さつい] #5,156
intent to kill
⭐ 刹那 [せつな] #5,204
moment
⭐ 殺気 [さっき] #5,255
thirst for blood
押し殺す [おしころす] #6,332
to crush to death
⭐ 人殺し [ひとごろし] #6,439
murder
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KOREAN WORDS (24)
살인 #1,487
murder; killing
살기 #3,488
threatening mood
자살 #3,754
suicide; self-murder; self-destruction
살해 #5,060
murder; killing
살인자 #7,238
murderer; killer
암살 #13,173
assassination
학살 #18,109
massacre; slaughter
살충제 #36,883
insecticide; pesticide
총살 #42,317
shooting to death
교살
strangulation; suffocation
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