Chinese symbol for “massacre”
屠杀
tú shā
Traditional: 屠殺
to massacre; to slaughter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for massacre is 屠杀 (tú shā), defined as: to massacre; to slaughter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “massacre”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杀戮 (殺戮) | shā lù | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 大屠杀 (大屠殺) | dà tú shā | massacre; mass slaughter |
| 惨案 (慘案) | cǎn àn | massacre; tragedy |
| 残杀 (殘殺) | cán shā | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 夷灭 (夷滅) | yí miè | to massacre; to die out |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 屠杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大屠杀 (大屠殺) | dà tú shā | massacre; mass slaughter |
| 屠夫 | tú fū | butcher; fig. murderous dictator |
| 屠宰 | tú zǎi | to slaughter; to butcher |
| 屠宰场 (屠宰場) | tú zǎi chǎng | slaughterhouse; abattoir |
| 屠刀 | tú dāo | butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet |
| 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 “massacre”.
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.