殺 — kill, murder, butcher

ころす殺 kill

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+6BBA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #581 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1607 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

kill
murder
butcher
slice off
split
diminish
reduce
spoil

word

ころ koro Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

殺(ころ) す korosu to kill 殺(ころ) し koroshi killing

さつ satsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

自(じ) 殺(さつ) jisatsu suicide 殺(さつ) 人(じん) satsujin murder 殺(さつ) 害(がい) satsugai murder 暗(あん) 殺(さつ) ansatsu assassination 射(しゃ) 殺(さつ) shasatsu shooting to death 虐(ぎゃく) 殺(さつ) gyakusatsu massacre

さっ sa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

殺(さっ) 到(とう) sattou rush

や ya Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

殺(や) る yaru to kill

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

乂 govern

き木 tree #75

殳 weapon

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#79 殳 weapon