杀

shā

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack

to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely

Cross-cut (乂) + wood (木) = to kill, to cut down

A blade crossing through wood evokes the act of cutting down — the decisive, violent stroke that ends life. Together, crossing action and a wooden object make the concept of killing viscerally concrete.

乂+木→杀
乂CrossingSemantic
木TreeSemantic

他不小心杀死了一只鸟。

tā bù xiǎo xīn shā sǐ le yī zhī niǎo。

he accidentally killed a bird.

故事里的坏人最后被英雄杀掉了。

gù shi lǐ de huài rén zuì hòu bèi yīng xióng shā diào le。

the villain in the story was killed by the hero in the end.

Words with 杀

秒杀

miǎo shā

(sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent

杀人狂

shā rén kuáng

homicidal maniac

杀手

shā shǒu

killer

砍杀

kǎn shā

to attack with a bladed weapon

斩杀

zhǎn shā

to behead

谋杀案

móu shā àn

murder case

杀绝

shā jué

to exterminate

杀虫剂

shā chóng jì

insecticide

厮杀

sī shā

to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail

自相残杀

zì xiāng cán shā

to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife

杀菌

shā jūn

to kill germs

连环杀手

lián huán shā shǒu

serial killer

More characters with 乂

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