• 587th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 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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Example Words

Common

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

Uncommon

他杀 (他殺)
借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
凶杀 (兇殺)
刺杀 (刺殺)
宰杀 (宰殺)
封杀 (封殺)
射杀 (射殺)
屠杀 (屠殺)
厮杀 (廝殺)
扼杀 (扼殺)
抹杀 (抹殺)
拼杀 (拼殺)
搏杀 (搏殺)
斩杀 (斬殺)
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)
杀气 (殺氣)
杀生 (殺生)
杀菌 (殺菌)
杀菌剂 (殺菌劑)
杀青 (殺青)
猎杀 (獵殺)
虐杀 (虐殺)
误杀 (誤殺)
追杀 (追殺)

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  • 317th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 239 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si3)to die • impassable • uncrossable • inflexible • rigid • extremely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (si3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

冻死 (凍死)
害死 
打死 
死亡 
死人 
死刑 
死去 
死因 
气死 (氣死)
生死 
饿死 (餓死)

Uncommon

作死 
半死 
去死 
垂死 
堵死 
弄死 
找死 
拼死 
掐死 
摔死 
撞死 
早死 
晕死 (暈死)
会死 (會死)
死去活来 (死去活來)
死命 
死囚 
死后 (死後)
死心 
死心塌地 
死板 
死机 (死機)
死死 
死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
死神 
死者 
死而后已 (死而後已)
死角 
死路 
死鬼 
死党 (死黨)
杀死 (殺死)
淹死 
炸死 
猝死 
生老病死 
疼死 
病死 
砸死 
临死 (臨死)
致死 
要死 
誓死 
起死回生 
逼死 
醉生梦死 (醉生夢死)

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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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