殺
Kill, Murder JLPT N3
10 strokes · school grade 4 · frequency rank #581
Meaning
Kill, Murder, Butcher, Slice Off, Split, Diminish, Reduce, Spoil
Readings
On’yomiサツ satsu、サイ sai、セツ setsu
Kun’yomiころ.す korosu、-ごろ.し goroshi、そ.ぐ sogu
Radical
Components
- 殳 (radical)
Example sentences
- 彼女が自殺したというのは本当か。Can it be true that she committed suicide?
- 彼らは王の殺害をたくらんでいる。They are plotting to kill the king.
- その男は殺人の疑いで投獄された。The man was imprisoned for murder.
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