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煞
shà
1. fiend
2. baleful
3. to bring to a stop
4. very
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

煞
shā
demon, fiend; baleful, noxious
13 丶

Compound Words (20)

凶煞
xiōngshà
demon
恶煞
èshà
demon
折煞
zhéshā
variant of [[折殺|折杀<zhéshā>]]
抹煞
mǒshā
variant of [[抹殺|抹杀<mǒshā>]]
煞住
shāzhù
to brake
煞尾
shāwěi
to finish off
煞是
shàshì
extremely
煞气
shāqì
a leak
煞白
shàbái
deathly white
煞神
shàshén
demon
煞笔
shābǐ
to stop one's pen
煞账
shāzhàng
to settle an account
煞车
shāchē
to brake (when driving)
煞性子
shāxìngzi
to vent anger
煞风景
shāfēngjǐng
to damage beautiful scenery
一笔抹煞
yībǐmǒshā
variant of [[一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀<yībǐmǒshā>]]
凶神恶煞
xiōngshénèshà
fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
大煞风景
dàshāfēngjǐng
see [[大殺風景|大杀风景<dàshāfēngjǐng>]]
煞有介事
shàyǒujièshì
to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
煞有其事
shàyǒuqíshì
see [[煞有介事<shàyǒujièshì>]]

Alternate Entries

煞
shā
to terminate / to cut short / to squeeze / to tighten / to reduce / extremely

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,279
Word Frequency Rank
5,138 of 84,292

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