shā = sh + a1
to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
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How to pronounce 殺

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

殺 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shā = sh + a1
to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
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shū = shu + Ø1
surname Shu
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shū = shu + Ø1
bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc
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Characters with 殺 as component

shā = sh + a1
spear / to cripple (literary)
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shā = sh + a1
Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
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Words with 殺

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to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing
to go into battle / to strike at the enemy
homicide (law)

Sentences with 殺

殺 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shā

to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely

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