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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)
殺人者 さつじんしゃ

killer

殺虫剤 さっちゅうざい

insecticide

殺す ころす

to kill

殺傷 さっしょう

killing and wounding

殺人未遂 さつじんみすい

attempted murder

殺到 さっとう

rush

殺意 さつい

intent to kill

殺真菌薬 さつしんきんやく

fungicide

殺陣 たて

sword fight (in a film, play, etc.)

殺伐 さつばつ

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.)

三人殺し さんにんごろし

triple murder

三重殺 さんじゅうさつ

triple play

惨殺 ざんさつ

slaughter

刺殺 しさつ

stabbing to death

刺し殺す さしころす

to stab to death

子殺し こごろし

infanticide

自殺 じさつ

suicide

自殺者 じさつしゃ

person who has committed suicide

自殺未遂 じさつみすい

attempted suicide

殴殺 おうさつ

beating to death

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