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The kanji 殺: meaning, readings and stroke order
殺
- Meaning
- kill
- On reading
- サツ satsu、サイ* sai、セツ* setsu
- Kun reading
- ころ（す） korosu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 殳 weapon, lance
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
- Old form
- 殺
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- giết, diệt (sát)
- Japanese
- いのちを とる。
- Korean
- 죽이다 (살·쇄)
- Chinese
- 杀死 (杀)
Readings, words and example sentences
サツ satsu · on reading · less common
殺風景
bare, dreary
何も ない 殺風景な 部屋です。
It's a bare room with nothing in it.
ころ（す） korosu · kun reading
殺す
to kill
薬で 畑の 害虫を 殺します。
They use bug spray to kill the harmful insects in the field.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 殺 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 殺 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.