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
(case of, incident of) murder
killer whale (Orcinus orca)
infanticide
robbing the rich to help the poor
teach children by example
killer app; killer application
to kill
antivirus software
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
to prepare a big feast (idiom)
to smash (tennis etc); to spike the ball (volleyball etc)
fungicidal; to have a fungicidal effect
fungicide
to exterminate
diquat
a disinfectant
lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
snail poison
insecticide
mothicide
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
antivirus software
to storm (a city etc); to raid
to execute a lightning raid
fig. to punish an individual as an example to others