Chinese symbol for “strangle”
扼杀
è shā
Traditional: 扼殺
to strangle; to throttle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for strangle is 扼杀 (è shā), defined as: to strangle; to throttle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “strangle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勒死 | lēi sǐ | to strangle |
| 扼死 | è sǐ | to strangle; to throttle |
| 绞死 (絞死) | jiǎo sǐ | to hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle |
| 勒杀 (勒殺) | lēi shā | to strangle |
| 扼颈 (扼頸) | è jǐng | to strangle; to throttle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扼杀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扼要 | è yào | to the point; concise |
| 扼守 | è shǒu | to hold a pass; to guard (a strategic location) |
| 扼制 | è zhì | to control; to restrain |
| 简明扼要 (簡明扼要) | jiǎn míng è yào | brief and to the point (idiom); succinct |
| 扼死 | è sǐ | to strangle; to throttle |
| 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 “strangle”.
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.