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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)

主殺ししゅうごろし

murder of one's master

double play

death by shooting

withering

to kill by burning to death

食い殺すくいころす

to devour

人殺しひとごろし

murder

生殺与奪せいさつよだつ

(having) life-and-death power (over)

生殺しなまごろし

half-dead

切り殺すきりころす

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.)

offset

to hold one's breath

murder

massacre

slaughterhouse

slaughter (of livestock)

虫を殺すむしをころす

to control one's temper

毒殺どくさつ

killing by poisoning

突き殺すつきころす

to stab to death

殴殺おうさつ

beating to death

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