杀 — Chinese character
杀
shā
to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- Pinyin
- shā
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 乂 木
- Formation
- ideographic — To kill 乂 someone and bury them in a coffin 木
- Traditional
- 殺
Common words with 杀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自杀 (自殺) | zì shā | to kill oneself; to commit suicide |
| 杀人 (殺人) | shā rén | to kill a person; to commit murder |
| 谋杀 (謀殺) | móu shā | to murder; to assassinate |
| 屠杀 (屠殺) | tú shā | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 杀害 (殺害) | shā hài | to murder |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 杀手 (殺手) | shā shǒu | killer; murderer |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
| 杀戮 (殺戮) | shā lù | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 枪杀 (槍殺) | qiāng shā | to shoot dead |
| 大屠杀 (大屠殺) | dà tú shā | massacre; mass slaughter |
| 刺杀 (刺殺) | cì shā | to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet |
English words written with 杀
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.