ㄕㄚ

shā

kill

杀 is a 6 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as shā in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the character 殺 is used.

It is made up of the components 乂 (govern) and 朩 (rank).

  • 杀
    ㄕㄚ

    shā

    kill

    • 乂
      ㄧ ˋ

      yì

      govern

    • 朩
      ㄉㄥ ˇ

      děng

      rank

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Any rank is governed by killing.
by Nomi

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Dave says when the head of the SMALL GOVERNment was <kill>ed, it was a big [sho]ck to everyone.
by vms5q

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 杀

Definitions for 杀 pronounced as shā

  • to kill
  • to murder
  • to attack
  • to weaken or reduce
  • to smart (dialect)
  • (used after a verb) extremely

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100 Verbs

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Frequency List Part 10

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