King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

弑 — Chinese character

弑
shì
patricide, matricide

Pinyin
shì
Radical
56 ⼷ (Shoot)
Strokes
12
Components
杀 式
Formation
pictophonetic — murder; meaning component 杀; sound component 式
Traditional
弒
Japanese
弑 as a kanji

Common words with 弑

WordPinyinMeaning
弑君 (弒君)shì jūnregicide; to commit regicide
弑父 (弒父)shì fùpatricide; to kill one's own father
弑母 (弒母)shì mǔmatricide; to commit matricide
篡弑 (篡弒)cuàn shìto commit regicide

弑 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1

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.