Jisho

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9 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
tiger stripes
Parts:
tyrannize, oppress
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1464 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 虐待 【ギャクタイ】 abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment, cruelty
  • 虐殺 【ギャクサツ】 slaughter, massacre
  • 自虐 【ジギャク】 self-torture, masochism, inflicting damage to oneself
  • 弑逆 【シギャク】 murder of one's lord or father

Kun reading compounds

  • 虐げる 【しいたげる】 to oppress, to persecute, to tyrannize

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:e4
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • tiranizar
  • oprimir

Portuguese

  • tiranizar
  • oprimir

French

  • tyranniser
  • opprimer
1147 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1806 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4106 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1248 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1711 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1574 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1680 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1740 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1600 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3989 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2049 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32678P Morohashi
3218 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5267 New Nelson (John Haig)
1998 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2153 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1293 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1275 2001 Kanji
2m7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-5 SKIP code
3-4-6 SKIP code
3-6-3 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
1-21-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8650 Unicode hex code

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