Question

殺 ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ 殺人(さつじん): murder殺す(ころす): to kill自殺(じさつ): suicide暗殺(あんさつ): assassination殺気(さっき): thirst for blood 4 乂: mow; cut grass; subdue木: tree; wood殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 殳 4 殺 kill I suppose when this kanji was made, it was most effective to kill your enemies with sheafs of wood used as missiles.

Accepted Answer

サツ、サイ、セツ kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil 3 581 10 79 るまた・ほこづくり 会意 Compound Ideographic X marks the spot on the tree where the missile hit. No doubt, it was meant to kill us.

Kanji	殺
Onyomi	サツ、サイ、セツ
Kunyomi	ころ.す、-ごろ.し、そ.ぐ
English	kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Examples	殺人(さつじん): murder 殺す(ころす): to kill 自殺(じさつ): suicide 暗殺(あんさつ): assassination 殺気(さっき): thirst for blood
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	581
Components	乂: mow; cut grass; subdue 木: tree; wood 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	殳
Radical Number	79
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	るまた・ほこづくり
Traditional Form	殺
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	kill
Koohii Story 1	X marks the spot on the tree where the missile hit. No doubt, it was meant to kill us.
Koohii Story 2	I suppose when this kanji was made, it was most effective to kill your enemies with sheafs of wood used as missiles.

Kill 殺 Wood サツ、サイ、セツ ころ.す、 ごろ.し、そ.ぐ Murder Butcher Slice

Kill 殺 Wood サツ、サイ、セツころ.す、ごろ.し、そ.ぐ Murder Butcher Slice