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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shā - to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
- to weaken; to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 180 936 752

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To kill 乂 someone and bury them in a coffin 木

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 180 936 752
谋杀 - - 782 15,067 14,185
杀死 - - 981 6,202 7,950
杀人 - - 986 5,190 4,940
自杀 - 5 1,009 4,720 4,190
杀手 - 7 1,145 6,207 5,621
杀害 - 7 1,815 8,487 11,410
谋杀案 - - 2,313 45,130 45,114
杀人犯 - - 3,153 32,091 21,558
枪杀 - - 4,151 21,855 26,282
屠杀 - 7 4,646 12,546 15,074
暗杀 - 7 5,020 14,920 24,842
凶杀 - - 5,251 34,414 40,289
杀戮 - - 5,504 19,364 15,710
谋杀罪 - - 6,151 63,899 70,288
凶杀案 - - 6,355 40,665 42,384
刺杀 - - 6,650 19,758 32,511
杀人狂 - - 7,560 - -
大屠杀 - - 7,730 24,312 25,447
猎杀 - - 8,382 33,488 34,108
残杀 - - 10,244 33,427 34,384
封杀 - - 10,269 17,539 13,243
杀人案 - - 10,704 26,205 29,733
扼杀 - - 11,031 18,504 13,379
自相残杀 - - 12,665 48,365 45,033
杀虫剂 - - 12,694 25,866 34,182
杀手锏 - - 16,193 - -
杀伤力 - - 17,549 15,499 12,740
抹杀 6 - 18,275 28,195 20,966
滥杀 - - 18,551 - -
捕杀 - - 19,289 30,839 44,828
奸杀 - - 19,565 - -
仇杀 - - 20,590 46,610 43,231
误杀 - - 21,788 44,035 41,745
厮杀 - - 22,742 19,125 27,404
杀身之祸 - - 22,883 51,148 61,828
杀敌 - - 23,111 26,387 37,471
杀生 - - 23,126 40,728 20,276
杀伤 - - 23,769 16,567 43,813
赶尽杀绝 - - 23,900 52,410 41,845
杀人不眨眼 - - 26,470 58,147 40,019
杀菌 - - 29,056 15,612 13,152
杀青 - - 29,065 28,323 16,986
宰杀 - - 29,098 25,699 30,245
毒杀 - - 29,454 46,847 55,511
杀一儆百 - - 30,869 77,506 66,047
杀机 - - 31,638 21,866 34,890
绞杀 - - 36,491 55,249 49,032
杀气 - - 39,675 19,545 23,937
杀价 - - 39,742 29,281 12,892
杀头 - - 39,772 51,116 51,851
扣杀 - - 42,265 53,930 72,608
杀气腾腾 - - 46,643 46,114 59,902
搏杀 - - 55,747 32,348 38,345
杀人越货 - - 56,879 79,161 62,744
杀灭 - - 57,628 22,977 36,870
冲杀 - - 63,665 36,597 88,637
拼杀 - - 64,622 30,740 43,250
杀虫药 - - 65,311 90,040 -
南京大屠杀 - - 68,013 15,445 13,228
杀出重围 - - 68,234 - -
惨杀 - - 81,391 100,936 -