(shā) - to kill, to murder in Mandarin
shāTraditional: 杀
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Translation
to kill, to murder
Word origin
杀 (shā) is the simplified form of 殺, 'to kill'. The traditional character combines a phonetic element with 殳, a component depicting a hand holding a weapon or staff, fitting the meaning 'to kill' or 'to slaughter'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 杀 (shā), simplified of 殺; traditional has 殳 (weapon/staff)
Stroke order
杀
Examples
！
Don't kill me!
。
He was killed.
。
Someone is killed in this story.
虫。
Please do not kill that insect.
。
He killed a fish for dinner.
杀 (shā) means to kill, to murder. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 杀.
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