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杀
殺
shā
1. to kill
2. to murder
3. to fight
4. to weaken or reduce
5. to smart (dialect)
6. to counteract
7. (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杀
shā
to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

他杀
tāshā
homicide (law)
凶杀
xiōngshā
to murder
刺杀
cìshā
to assassinate
劫杀
jiéshā
to rob and kill
勒杀
lēishā
to strangle
坑杀
kēngshā
to bury alive
奸杀
jiānshā
to rape and murder
宰杀
zǎishā
to slaughter
封杀
fēngshā
to shut out
射杀
shèshā
to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)
屠杀
túshā
to massacre
厮杀
sīshā
to fight at close quarters
情杀
qíngshā
to murder for love
惨杀
cǎnshā
to slaughter
打杀
dǎshā
to kill
扣杀
kòushā
to smash a ball
扼杀
èshā
to strangle
投杀
tóushā
(sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
折杀
zhéshā
to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
抹杀
mǒshā
to erase
HSK 6

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
586
Word Frequency Rank
157 of 84,292

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