Chinese symbol for “murder”
谋杀
móu shā
Traditional: 謀殺
to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide
The closest CC-CEDICT match for murder is 谋杀 (móu shā), defined as: to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “murder”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杀害 (殺害) | shā hài | to murder |
| 杀 (殺) | shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce |
| 凶杀 (兇殺) | xiōng shā | to murder; assassination |
| 谋杀罪 (謀殺罪) | móu shā zuì | murder |
| 杀人案件 (殺人案件) | shā rén àn jiàn | (case of, incident of) murder |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谋杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 参谋 (參謀) | cān móu | staff officer; to give advice |
| 参谋长 (參謀長) | cān móu zhǎng | chief of staff |
| 谋求 (謀求) | móu qiú | to seek; to strive for |
| 谋杀案 (謀殺案) | móu shā àn | murder case |
| 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 |
| 屠杀 (屠殺) | tú shā | to massacre; to slaughter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “murder”.
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.