Chinese symbol for “killer”
杀手
shā shǒu
Traditional: 殺手
killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player
The closest CC-CEDICT match for killer is 杀手 (shā shǒu), defined as: killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “killer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杀手.
| 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 |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “killer”.
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.