Japanese symbol for “strangulation”
絞殺
こうさつ
Romaji: kousatsu
strangling (to death); strangulation
In Japanese, strangulation is 絞殺, read こうさつ (kousatsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt strangling (to death); strangulation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “strangulation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扼殺 | やくさつ yakusatsu | strangulation (with the hands or arms) |
| 絞扼 | こうやく kouyaku | strangulation; constriction; entrapment |
| 嵌頓 | かんとん kanton | incarceration (e.g. of a hernia); strangulation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 絞り | しぼり shibori | shibori; tie-dye; tie-dyeing |
| 絞る | しぼる shiboru | to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze |
| 絞める | しめる shimeru | to strangle; to constrict |
| 絞首刑 | こうしゅけい koushukei | death by hanging; execution by hanging |
| 絞り込む | しぼりこむ shiborikomu | to squeeze; to wring out |
| 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.