Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
weapon, lance
Parts:
Variants:
kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
581 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 殺意 【サツイ】 intent to kill, intent to murder, urge to kill, murderous impulse
  • 殺害 【サツガイ】 killing, murder
  • 他殺 【タサツ】 murder
  • 併殺 【ヘイサツ】 double play
  • 相殺 【ソウサイ】 offset, offsetting each other, cancelling each other out, counterbalancing, set-off, setoff, killing each other
  • 減殺 【ゲンサイ】 lessening, diminishing, reducing
  • 殺害 【サツガイ】 killing, murder
  • 刹那 【セツナ】 moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time
  • 歳殺 【サイセツ】 Saisetsu, one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Kun reading compounds

  • 殺す 【ころす】 to kill, to slay, to murder, to slaughter, to suppress, to block, to hamper, to destroy (e.g. talent), to eliminate (e.g. an odour), to spoil (e.g. a flavour), to kill (e.g. one's speed), to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath), to put out (a runner), to pawn, to put in hock
  • 削ぐ 【そぐ】 to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off, to sharpen, to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil
  • 殺める 【あやめる】 to wound, to murder

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1, shai4
Korean:
sal, soe

Spanish

  • matar
  • quitar la vida

Portuguese

  • matar
  • assassinato
  • açougueiro
  • fatiar
  • partir
  • diminuir
  • reduzir
  • corromper

French

  • tuer
  • meurtre
  • massacrer
  • abattre
  • trancher
  • fendre
  • diminuer
  • réduire
  • gâcher
614 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
515 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
488 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
546 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2454 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
419 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
657 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1138 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
576 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
585 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
610 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1140 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1677 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1507 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16629 Morohashi
1324 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2994 New Nelson (John Haig)
1493 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1607 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
470 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
545 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2968 2001 Kanji
4a6.35 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
4794.7 Four corner code
1-27-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bba Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
fell, strike, attack, punish
Kun:
き.るそむ.くう.つ
On:
バツハツボチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1816 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 伐木 【バツボク】 felling, logging
  • 間伐 【カンバツ】 periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
  • 乱伐 【ランバツ】 reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests

Kun reading compounds

  • 伐る 【きる】 to cut down (e.g. trees)
  • 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa2, fa1
Korean:
beol

Spanish

  • talar
  • cortar
  • atacar
  • golpear

Portuguese

  • Derrotado
  • bater
  • ataque
  • punir

French

  • abattre
  • frapper
  • attaquer
  • punir
1707 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1990 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
370 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1535 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1040 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1509 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1610 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1422 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
70 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
46 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
26 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
27 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
439 Morohashi
42 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
132 New Nelson (John Haig)
994 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1069 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1058 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2159 2001 Kanji
2a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2325.0 Four corner code
1-40-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f10 Unicode hex code