shā

to kill; to attack; to weaken or reduce

HSK 5 #587

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 587th character
Radical ⽊ (75.2)
Strokes 6
Index # 487
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

杀 shā
  1. 1. to kill
  2. 2. to attack
  3. 3. to weaken or reduce
  4. 4. (used after a verb) extremely
  5. 5. to murder
  6. 6. to smart (dialect)

Stroke order

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Words containing 杀

Word Meaning
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
to exterminate
the Nanjing Massacre of 1937-38
to fight at the risk of one's life
to break through; to force one's way out of encirclement
insecticide
to charge
to kill mercilessly; to slaughter
to reject out of hand; to blot out at one stroke
to go into battle; to strike at the enemy
homicide (law)
to kill sb for a trifle
to get sb else to do one's dirty work
hara-kiri
to rob and kill
to strangle
fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan
unexpected newcomer disrupts plans
Nanjing Massacre; 1937 mass killing in Nanjing
to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
bloodthirsty
to ensnare; to bury alive
massacre; Holocaust