shā, chà
temple
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 杀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 剎.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 刹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to stop | ||
to brake | ||
split second | ||
demon in Buddhism | ||
emergency braking |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.9816% of movies
2332nd most common character in movies
2249th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5239 |
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