Chinese symbol for “homicide”
他杀
tā shā
Traditional: 他殺
homicide (law)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for homicide is 他杀 (tā shā), defined as: homicide (law).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “homicide”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 他杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 他们 (他們) | tā men | they; them |
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 他人 | tā rén | another person; sb else; other people |
| 他妈的 (他媽的) | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 吉他 | jí tā | (loanword) guitar; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 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 “homicide”.
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.