杀

See also: 殺

杀 U+6740, 杀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6740 ← 朿 [U+673F] CJK Unified Ideographs 杁 → [U+6741]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	殺
Simplified	杀
Japanese	殺
Korean	殺

Han character

杀 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 大木 (KD) or 難大木 (XKD), composition ⿱㐅朩(G) or ⿱㐅𣎳(T))

Derived characters

• 脎, 铩, 刹, 弑

Additional derived characters

• 𭃛, 𱒞, 𢘹, 𢫬, 𭰒, 𬨥, 𬂮, 𬡕, 𭂽, 𭅱, 𰪻, 𰫢, 𫊷, 𲃞, 𨦅, 𭠋, 𩶼, 𪑂, 𰍑, 𩗉, 𩲺
• 𰄪, 𬩻, 𭩭, 𢼢, 𭣱, 殺, 𭪬, 𭪍, 𭪎, 𠮁, 𨐖, 𭫇, 𪲽, 𱤅, 𰘞, 𩳃, 閷, 𰿳, 𪀣, 𨶓
• 𫂿, 𬸌, 𰰵, 𤀚, 𦝹, 𠜽, 𣪩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 510, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6740

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Phonetic and vulgar form of 殺. Simplified from 殺 (elimination of 殳 and 丶). Compare 壳 from 殼.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 杀 – see 殺 (“to kill; to murder; to ruin; to harm; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 殺).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 剎 (elimination of 刀 and 丶).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 杀 – see 剎. (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified form of 剎).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.