Chinese symbol for “assassinate”
暗杀
àn shā
Traditional: 暗殺
to assassinate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for assassinate is 暗杀 (àn shā), defined as: to assassinate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “assassinate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺杀 (刺殺) | cì shā | to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet |
| 行刺 | xíng cì | to assassinate |
| 谋杀 (謀殺) | móu shā | to murder; to assassinate |
| 刺 | cì | thorn; sting |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暗杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark; in secret |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 暗号 (暗號) | àn hào | secret signal; password; countersign |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “assassinate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.