Japanese symbol for “punishing”

殺人的

さつじんてき

Romaji: satsujinteki

horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

In Japanese, punishing is 殺人的, read さつじんてき (satsujinteki).

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Meanings

adj-na horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

Kanji and stroke order

殺

kill, murder, butcher

on: サツ、サイ、セツ
kun: ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ、あや.める

10 strokes · JLPT 2

人

person

on: ジン、ニン
kun: ひと、-り、-と

2 strokes · JLPT 4

的

bull's eye, mark, target

on: テキ
kun: まと

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
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
暗殺	あんさつ ansatsu	assassination
虐殺	ぎゃくさつ gyakusatsu	slaughter; massacre
殺し	ころし koroshi	murder; killing; murderer
人間	にんげん ningen	human being; human; person
個人	こじん kojin	individual; private person; personal
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim

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.