• 587th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 73 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shā (sha1)to kill • to murder • to fight • to weaken or reduce • to smart (topolect) • to counteract • (used after a verb) extremely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
杀人 (殺人)
杀戮 (殺戮)
杀手 (殺手)
秒杀 (秒殺)
自杀 (自殺)
谋杀案 (謀殺案)

Medium Frequency

借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
封杀 (封殺)
屠杀 (屠殺)
厮杀 (廝殺)
扼杀 (扼殺)
抹杀 (抹殺)
搏杀 (搏殺)
暗杀 (暗殺)
枪杀 (槍殺)
残杀 (殘殺)
杀人犯 (殺人犯)
杀伤力 (殺傷力)
杀价 (殺價)
杀害 (殺害)
杀掉 (殺掉)
杀敌 (殺敵)
杀死 (殺死)
杀气 (殺氣)
杀生 (殺生)
杀菌 (殺菌)
杀菌剂 (殺菌劑)
杀青 (殺青)
虐杀 (虐殺)
误杀 (誤殺)
谋杀 (謀殺)
追杀 (追殺)
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  • 847th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 62 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to fall • to drop • to lag behind • to lose • to go missing • to reduce • fall (in prices) • to lose (value, weight etc) • to wag • to swing • to turn • to change • to exchange • to swap • to show off • to shed (hair)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

丢掉 (丟掉)
删掉 (刪掉)
剪掉 
去掉 
吃掉 
喝掉 
坏掉 (壞掉)
失掉 
干掉 (幹掉)
忘掉 
扔掉 
拔掉 
掉下 
改掉 
毁掉 (毀掉)
烧掉 (燒掉)
甩掉 
脱掉 (脫掉)
花掉 
卖掉 (賣掉)
走掉 
输掉 (輸掉)
关掉 (關掉)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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