Memory phrase for the Kanji: 殺

殺

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Meaning

kill, murder

Pronunciation

 SATSU, SETSU
korosu

Explanation

 Left: 杀 (marker 㐅 and tree 木), right: 殳 weapon (battle axe) 几 in a hand 又

Mnemonic
At the mark in the tree, he had a weapon in his hand and was killed.

Radicals

殳 Hand with axeThe Radical rumata shows a hand 又 with an axe .
㐅 cross
木 tree
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Vocabulary

 殺す  ころす  to kill
 笑殺  しょうさつ  laughing off, dismissing with a laugh
 殺し  ころし  murder, killing, murderer
 自殺  じさつ  suicide
 暗殺  あんさつ  assassination
 殴り殺す  殴り殺す  to strike dead, to beat to death
 毒殺  どくさつ  to kill by poison
 殺人  さつじん  murder, homicide, manslaughter
 殺人未遂  さつじんみすい  attempted murder

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