殺

See also 杀

Translingual

Han character

殺 (radical 79 殳+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大金竹弓水 (KCHNE), 大木竹弓水 (KDHNE), four-corner 4794₇)

1. kill, slaughter, murder
2. hurt
3. to pare off, reduce, clip

References

• KangXi: page 585, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16638
• Dae Jaweon: page 978, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2157, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6BBA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

殺 (simplified 杀, Yale saat3)

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Japanese

Kanji

殺 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: さつ (satsu), せつ (setsu), さい (sai)
• Kun: ころす (殺す, korosu), そぐ (sogu), けずる (kezuru)

Compounds

虐殺 (ぎゃくさつ, gyakusatsu) 虐待 (ぎゃくたい, gyakutai) 残虐 (ざんぎゃく, zangyaku) 殺害 (さつがい, satsugai) 殺気 (さっき, sakki) 殺菌 (さっきん, sakkin) 殺傷 (さっしょう, sasshō)

殺身 (さっしん, sasshin) 殺生 (せっしょう, sesshō) 殺青 (さっせい, sassei) 殺節 (さっせつ, sassetsu) 殺到 (さっとう, sattō) 殺伐 (さつばつ, satsubatsu) 殺風景 (さっぷうけい, sappūkei)

殺戮 (さつりく, satsuriku) 殺略 (さつりゃく, satsuryaku) 殺陣縊殺 (さつじんいさつ, satsujin'isatsu) 刺殺 (しさつ, shisatsu) 相殺 (そうさい, sōsai) 他殺 (たさつ, tasatsu) 抹殺 (まっさつ, massatsu)

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Korean

Hanja

殺 (hangeul 살, 쇠, revised sal, soe, McCune-Reischauer sal, soe, Yale sal, soy)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

殺 (simplified 杀, pinyin shā (sha1), Wade-Giles sha¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殺 (sát, sái, sít, sịt, sướt, sét, sượt)