Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

581 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

Kunyomi: ころ.す -ごろ.し そ.ぐ

Onyomi: サツ サイ セツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: るまた

Meaning: weapon, lance

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

人(さつじん)   murder

風景な(さっぷうけいな)   tasteless, dreary

害する(さつがいする)   kill, murder

菌する(さっきんする)   sterilize, disinfect

到する(さっとうする)   throng, flood, rush [v.i.]

する(あんさつする)   assassinate

する(じさつする)   commit suicide

する(どくさつする)   poison, kill by poison

する(そうさいする)   offset, cancel out

生する(せっしょうする)   kill, destroy life

す(ころす)   kill, murder

し(ひとごろし)   murderer

Onyomi Examples

サツイ intent to kill, intent to murder, urge to kill, murderous impulse

サツガイ killing, murder

タサツ murder

ヘイサツ double play

ソウサイ offset, offsetting each other, cancelling each other out, counterbalancing, set-off, setoff, killing each other

ゲンサイ lessening, diminishing, reducing

サツガイ killing, murder

刹那 セツナ moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time

サイセツ Saisetsu, one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Kunyomi Examples

ころす to kill, to slay, to murder, to slaughter, to suppress, to block, to hamper, to destroy (e.g. talent), to eliminate (e.g. an odour), to spoil (e.g. a flavour), to kill (e.g. one's speed), to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath), to put out (a runner), to pawn, to put in hock

削ぐ そぐ to chip (off), to shave (off), to slice (off), to sharpen, to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm), to discourage, to weaken, to reduce