shā

to kill; to attack; to weaken or reduce

Character data

Radical ⽎ (79.7)
Strokes 10
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Definitions

殺 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)

Words containing 殺

Word Meaning
a disinfectant
lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
snail poison
insecticide
insecticide; pesticide
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
fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
punish one to warn others
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
punish one to warn others
punish one to warn others
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc); to finalize
to behead
Chinese gaudy punk youth style; person in it
rat poison
to kill by poisoning
to kill indiscriminately; to massacre