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殺

shā

kill, slaughter, murder; hurt; to pare off, reduce, clip

Strokes
10
Radical
殳
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 杀

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 杀, the simplified form of 殺. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 把他杀了!

    Bǎ tā shā le

    Kill him!

  • 我能杀你。

    Wǒ néng shā nǐ

    I could kill you.

  • 他自杀了。

    Tā zì shā le

    He committed suicide.

  • 你会被杀的!

    Nǐ huì bèi shā de

    You will be killed!

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 杀

  • 杀shā 1to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely
  • 自杀zì shā 4–1 to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
  • 杀毒shā dú 1–2 to disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus
  • 抹杀mǒ shā 3–1 to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress
  • 杀手shā shǒu 1–3 killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player
  • 杀害shā hài 1–4 to murder
  • 屠杀tú shā 2–1 to massacre; to slaughter
  • 暗杀àn shā 4–1 to assassinate