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KanjiN3Grade 5 · 小510 strokesRadical 殳

殺 · kill, murder

殺 is a kanji meaning kill, murder, butcher, slice off. It has 10 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • サツsatsu
  • サイsai
  • セツsetsu

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • ころすkorosu
  • -ごろし-goroshi
  • そぐsogu
  • あやめるayameru

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 殺 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 殺
WordReadingMeaningLevel
自殺じさつsuicideN3
殺すころすto killN3
殺人さつじんmurderN1
暗殺あんさつassassinationN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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