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殺 = 㐅 + 木 + 殳

殺 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “kill”. It is built from 㐅 (sheaf), 木 (tree) and 殳 (weapon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1607.

Keyword
kill
RTK frame
1607
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サツ, サイ, セツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ころ.す, -ごろ.し, そ.ぐ, あや.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
убивать
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
殺 kill

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㐅 sheaf
  2. 木 tree
  3. 殳 weapon

How to find 殺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sheaf” + “tree” + “weapon”. 殺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 殺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.