殺 – kill, murder, butcher

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#581 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 殺 means kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サツ、サイ、セツ (satsu, sai, setsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ、あや.める (korosu, goroshi, sogu, ayameru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 殳 (no. 79).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サツ	satsu
On’yomi	サイ	sai
On’yomi	セツ	setsu
Kun’yomi	ころ.す	korosu
Kun’yomi	-ごろ.し	goroshi
Kun’yomi	そ.ぐ	sogu
Kun’yomi	あや.める	ayameru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 殳 (Kangxi radical 79). Components: 木・殳・ノ・丶・几・又.

Words using 殺

自殺じさつsuicide殺すころすto kill殺人さつじんmurder暗殺あんさつassassination

Example sentences

彼は自殺しようとしたが、未遂に終わった。

He tried to kill himself but it ended in failure.

Tatoeba #105225

おまえはオレを殺そうとしている。

You are trying to kill me.

Tatoeba #227533

彼は殺人以外のことなら何でもするだろう。

He will do anything but murder.

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Kanji with the same radical

段殿殴殻

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