杀戮 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shā kill Simplified

Simplified form of 殺. Depicts a person being decapitated.

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Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.231-232
Readings & variants: Unicode

lù kill

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翏 Sound component

liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

戈 Meaning component

gē spear

spear

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljuwk	[r]iwk	kill
Zhengzhang		rɯwɢ
Unicode	liuk

說文解字

殺也。从戈翏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

shā kill Traditional

Depicts a person being decapitated (杀) with a weapon (殳).

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杀 Iconic component

shā kill

Depicts a person being decapitated.

殳 Iconic component

shū weapon or tool

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鎩

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sreat	s<r>at	kill
	sreajH	s<r>at-s	diminish

說文解字

《說文》：“殺，戮也。从殳，杀聲。，古文殺；，古文殺；，古文殺。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.231-232
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

杀 shā kill Simplified

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戮 lù kill

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殺 shā kill Traditional

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shā kill Simplified

lù kill

shā kill Traditional