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殺
JLPT N3 SL5 10 strokes Frequency: #581

Meanings

Kill, Murder, Butcher, Slice Off, Split, Diminish, Reduce, Spoil

Radicals

殳

Decomposition

⿰杀殳

Etymology

Pictophonetic: weapon

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 dot bottom-left-to-top-right
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
7 diagonal right-to-left
8 corner right-to-left
9 corner top-to-bottom
10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
セツ setsu
サツ satsu
サイ sai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
そ so
ころ koro

Words Using This Kanji

273 words total
Other (20 words)
殴り殺す なぐりころす

to strike dead

皆殺し みなごろし

massacre

殺める あやめる

to wound

虐殺 ぎゃくさつ

slaughter

見殺し みごろし

letting (someone) die without helping

言論を封殺する げんろんをふうさつする

to suppress the freedom of speech

後追い自殺 あとおいじさつ

following someone's example, and committing suicide

絞殺 こうさつ

strangling (to death)

絞め殺す しめころす

to strangle to death

殺し ころし

murder

殺害 さつがい

killing

殺人 さつじん

murder

殺生 せっしょう

killing

殺風景 さっぷうけい

dreary

殺し屋 ころしや

professional killer

殺気 さっき

thirst for blood

殺人鬼 さつじんき

bloodthirsty killer

殺虫 さっちゅう

killing insects or pests

殺し文句 ころしもんく

clincher

殴殺 おうさつ

beating to death

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