| 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) |
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
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
- 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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 死 【シ】 death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- 死因 【シイン】 cause of death
- 安楽死 【アンラクシ】 euthanasia
- 病死 【ビョウシ】 death from disease, death from illness
Kun reading compounds
- 死ぬ 【しぬ】 to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
- 死ぬ気で 【しぬきで】 all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- muerte
- morir
Portuguese
- morte
- dados
French
- mort
- mourir
| 223 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 302 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 286 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 254 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2439 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 207 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 205 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 85 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 85 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 258 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1133 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4334 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2952 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 823 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16365 | Morohashi |
| 3521 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2968 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 815 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 878 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 238 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 267 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1021.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b7b | Unicode hex code |