Chinese symbol for “assassination”
凶杀
xiōng shā
Traditional: 兇殺
to murder; assassination
The closest CC-CEDICT match for assassination is 凶杀 (xiōng shā), defined as: to murder; assassination.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凶杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凶手 (兇手) | xiōng shǒu | murderer; assassin |
| 凶狠 (兇狠) | xiōng hěn | variant of 凶狠 (xiōng hěn) |
| 凶猛 (兇猛) | xiōng měng | fierce; violent |
| 元凶 | yuán xiōng | chief offender; main culprit |
| 行凶 (行兇) | xíng xiōng | violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) |
| 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 “assassination”.
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.