殺伐

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See also: 杀伐

Chinese

to kill; to murder; to slaughter
(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against
(v) cut down; fell; (v) dispatch an expedition against; descend upon
 
trad. (殺伐)
simp. (杀伐)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (21) (3)
Final () (75) (68)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter sreat bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠɛt̚/ /bʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚæt̚/ /bʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃæt̚/ /biuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂəɨt̚/ /buat̚/
Li
Rong
/ʃɛt̚/ /biuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/ʃæt̚/ /bĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʂat̚/ /bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sha
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
saat3 faat6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shài
Middle
Chinese
‹ srɛjH › ‹ bjot ›
Old
Chinese
/*s<r>at-s/ /*m-pat/
English diminish cut; strike; attack

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 11010 2859
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sreːd/ /*bad/

Verb

殺伐

  1. (literary) to kill; to murder; to massacre

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さつ
Grade: 5
ばつ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
殺伐 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu-tari (adnominal (さつ)(ばつ)とした (satsubatsu to shita) or (さつ)(ばつ)たる (satsubatsu taru), adverbial (さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu to) or (さつ)(ばつ)として (satsubatsu to shite))

  1. murderous, cruel
    • 2001, "Yoshinoya copypasta"
      吉野家(よしのや)ってのはな、もっと殺伐(さつばつ)としてるべきなんだよ。
      Yoshinoya tte no wa na, motto satsubatsu to shiteru beki na n da yo.
      Yoshinoya really ought to have a harsher, more murderous air about it.

Adjective

(さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu-na (adnominal (さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu na), adverbial (さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu ni))

  1. murderous, cruel

Noun

(さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu

  1. murderousness, cruelty

Verb

(さつ)(ばつ)する (satsubatsu surusuru (stem (さつ)(ばつ) (satsubatsu shi), past (さつ)(ばつ)した (satsubatsu shita))

  1. to kill, to murder

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN