殺

Alternative forms

 * In (based on the modern character forms used in  and ), the bottom left component is  ( with an additional dot at its top right corner).
 * In mainland China (based on the  standardized character forms), the bottom left component is  instead which is one stroke less.
 * In Korean, the bottom left component is , which is also the historical form found in the.
 * In Japanese and Vietnamese Nôm, the bottom left component is  which is one stroke less.
 * Three exist for this character:
 * corresponds to the Japanese form containing  which is similar to the historical Kangxi form.
 * corresponds to the alternative Korean form which is similar to the Japanese form containing.
 * is similar to the traditional form in Taiwan but has (without dot at top right corner) instead of  as its bottom left component.

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script, it was an of a boar that had been impaled in the head.

In the seal script, the original compound was corrupted into (sometimes written as ). It was also in the seal script that the, which was later corrupted into or , was added under the head of the boar to specify the killing was done by a person.

The modern-day character inherits this and can be thought of as a.

Etymology 1
From ; compare 🇨🇬, perfect of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (STEDT; ; ).

Definitions

 * 1)  to kill; to murder
 * 2) to ruin; to harm
 * 3) to fight
 * 4)  to cut; to slice (fruit, food)
 * 5)  to abate; to reduce
 * 6)  to sting
 * 7)  to mate;  ("to checkmate")
 * 8)  ruthless; ferocious; fierce
 * 9)  to butcher, especially by using a blade to drain its blood to death
 * 10)  willing to part with something
 * 1)  ruthless; ferocious; fierce
 * 2)  to butcher, especially by using a blade to drain its blood to death
 * 3)  willing to part with something
 * 1)  willing to part with something

Usage notes

 * Normally, the subject of 殺 should be animate. The sentence "A tiger killed many people." can be validly translated as 老虎殺死數人, while the sentence "This accident killed many people." is seldom translated as *這次事故殺死數人. For death caused by non-living things, split forms of are often used instead:

Etymology 2
From + final *-t.

Definitions

 * 1)  to pare off; to diminish; to reduce; to clip

Definitions

 * 1)  dark

Kanji

 * 1) to kill

Readings
From :

From :

From native roots:

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.