Chinese Character 杀 Meanings and components.

Form

杀

Meaning

杀 meaning[3] in English

To Kill.

To Murder.

To Attack.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 杀 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to regulate (乂) , and one of the … (朩)

No radical has been identified in it.

In cangjie it is written with KD

How to write 杀

To write杀sha1to kill you should write a combination of 乂yi4to regulate , 朩deng3one of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

乂 + 朩 = 杀

杀 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 杀 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 杀, looks as follow:

杀
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Kill . To Murder . To Attack . To Weaken Or Reduce . To Smart (Dialect) . (Used After A Verb) Extremely
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 杀in English or Chinese