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殺

kill
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingサツ、サイ、セツ
Kun readingころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ、あや.める
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. killRtK
  2. murder
    彼は父の殺されたのを復讐した。He avenged the murder of his father.tatoeba
    「最近毎日どっかで殺人事件起きてない？」「確かに。物騒な世の中だね」"It seems that these days there's a murder somewhere every day." "Indeed. It's a dangerous world, isn't it?"tatoeba
  3. butcher
  4. slice off
  5. split
  6. diminish
  7. reduce
  8. spoil
  1. to kill
  2. to slay
  3. to murder
  4. to slaughter
  5. to suppress

Popular Usage

殺す自殺暗殺

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sheaf · tree (木) · wood (木) · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1607

Compound words

殺すころす
to kill; to slay; to murder; to slaughter; to suppress
自殺じさつ
suicide
暗殺あんさつ
assassination
虐殺ぎゃくさつ
slaughter; massacre
絞殺こうさつ
strangling (to death); strangulation
殺しころし
murder; killing; murderer
殺意さつい
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
殺害さつがい
killing; murder
殺気さっき
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
殺菌さっきん
sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection; pasteurization
殺傷さっしょう
killing and wounding; bloodshed
殺人さつじん
murder; homicide; manslaughter
殺到さっとう
rush; flood; deluge
射殺しゃさつ
shooting to death
銃殺じゅうさつ
death by shooting
相殺そうさい
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; counterbalancing; set-off
他殺たさつ
murder
毒殺どくさつ
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
併殺へいさつ
double play
抹殺まっさつ
erasure; obliteration; denial; ignoring (an opinion)
黙殺もくさつ
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
殺虫剤さっちゅうざい
insecticide; pesticide
人殺しひとごろし
murder; murderer
刺し殺すさしころす
to stab to death

Kun Reading Examples

勇気を出さなかったら、あなたは殺されていただろう。ころす
If you hadn't been so brave, you'd probably have been killed.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は悲嘆にくれて、首吊り自殺をした。
He was heartbroken and hanged himself.tatoeba
彼は彼女の愛を失ったので自殺しようとした。
He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.tatoeba
彼は彼らの仲間の殺人に怒った。
He was angered by the murder of their comrades.tatoeba
蘇我蝦夷自殺する。
Emishi SOGA commits suicidewiki
山田寺で自殺する。
He committed suicide at Yamada-dera Temple.wiki

Stroke Order

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