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杀

shā

kill

Simplified form of 殺. Depicts a person being decapitated.

Evolution

杀 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
杀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杀 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
杀 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

杀 (殺) 

shā

kill, slaughter, murder; hurt; to pare off, reduce, clip; to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely

Most common words with 杀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杀

to kill

自杀

to kill oneself

杀人

homicide

杀死

to kill

杀手

killer

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

铩 弑 弒

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

刹 剎 脎

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

殺

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 79.4810% of movies

174th most common character in movies

587th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

殺

Unicode

U+6740


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