杀(shā)

HSK 56 strokesTrad. 殺

to kill

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Character information

Pinyin
shā
Meaning
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
殺

Origin & structure

Where 杀 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱乂木

To kill 乂 someone and bury them in a coffin 木

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

乂yì木mù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 殺: weapon

How to write 杀 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 杀

Common words using 杀 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tú屠shā杀
HSK 7-9

to massacre; to slaughter

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chóu仇shā杀

to kill in revenge

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tā他shā杀

homicide (law)

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xiōng凶shā杀

to murder; assassination

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yī一bǐ笔mǒ抹shā杀

to blot out at one stroke

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jiè借dāo刀shā杀rén人

to lend sb a knife to kill sb

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xiōng凶shā杀àn案

murder case

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cì刺shā杀

to assassinate

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屠仇他凶一笔抹借

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