Japanese symbol for “butchery”
屠殺
とさつ
Romaji: tosatsu
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
In Japanese, butchery is 屠殺, read とさつ (tosatsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
Written forms: 屠殺、と殺、堵殺. Readings: とさつ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “butchery”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食肉解体 | しょくにくかいたい shokunikukaitai | butchery |
| 屠畜 | とちく tochiku | slaughter (of livestock for meat); butchery |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屠る | ほふる hofuru | to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher |
| 屠蘇 | とそ toso | spiced sake (served at New Year's) |
| お屠蘇 | おとそ otoso | New Year's sake; spiced sake |
| 屠殺場 | とさつじょう tosatsujou | abattoir; slaughterhouse |
| 屠所 | としょ tosho | abattoir; slaughterhouse |
| 殺人 | さつじん satsujin | murder; homicide; manslaughter |
| 自殺 | じさつ jisatsu | suicide |
| 殺す | ころす korosu | to kill; to slay; to murder |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.