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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