杀 shā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 乂 to govern 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
杀手
shāshǒu
killer; murderer; hitman
Characters in this word
手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 小说中的杀手并非冷血机器，而是被复杂身世推向极端的人。 Xiǎoshuō zhōng de shāshǒu bìng fēi lěngxuè jīqì, ér shì bèi fùzá shēnshì tuīxiàng jíduān de rén. The killer in the novel is not a cold-blooded machine, but someone pushed to extremes by a complicated background.
- 这部小说写的不是杀手的故事，而是普通人的挣扎。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō xiě de bú shì shāshǒu de gùshi, ér shì pǔtōng rén de zhēngzhá. This novel is not about the story of a killer, but about the struggles of ordinary people.
- 在电影里，那个穿风衣的杀手其实一直在找自己的家人。 Zài diànyǐng li, nàge chuān fēngyī de shāshǒu qíshí yìzhí zài zhǎo zìjǐ de jiārén. In the film, the hitman in the trench coat had actually been looking for his family all along.
Related words
- 杀 shā to kill
- 杀毒 shādú to remove viruses
- 自杀 zìshā to kill oneself
- 抹杀 mǒshā to deny; to obliterate; to write off
- 杀害 shāhài to kill; to murder
- 屠杀 túshā to massacre; slaughter
- 手 shǒu hand
- 手机 shǒujī mobile phone
- 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān restroom, toilet
- 举手 jǔshǒu to raise a hand
- 手表 shǒubiǎo wristwatch
- 对手 duìshǒu opponent; rival