殺 — kanji meaning “kill”
殺
kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
- Meanings
- kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
- On'yomi
- サツ (satsu)、サイ (sai)、セツ (setsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ、あや.める
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #581 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 79
- Chinese reading
- shā, shài — Chinese character page
Words with 殺
| 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 |
| 殺害 | さつがい satsugai | killing; murder |
| 人殺し | ひとごろし hitogoroshi | murder; murderer |
| 射殺 | しゃさつ shasatsu | shooting to death |
| 殺到 | さっとう sattou | rush; flood; deluge |
| 銃殺 | じゅうさつ juusatsu | death by shooting |
| 抹殺 | まっさつ massatsu | elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; disposal |
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