殺生

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See also: 杀生

Chinese

to kill; to murder; to slaughter
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (殺生)
simp. (杀生)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial () (21) (21)
Final () (75) (109)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter sreat sraeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠɛt̚/ /ʃˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚæt̚/ /ʃᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃæt̚/ /ʃaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂəɨt̚/ /ʂaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʃɛt̚/ /ʃɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ʃæt̚/ /ʃɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂat̚/ /ʂɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sha shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
saat3 sang1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shā shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ srɛt › ‹ sræng ›
Old
Chinese
/*s<r>at/ /*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)
English kill bear, be born; live

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 1/2
No. 11010 11312
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sreːd/ /*sʰleːŋ/

Verb

殺生

  1. to destroy life

Noun

殺生

  1. destruction of life

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殺生):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ > せっ
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
殺生 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

*/setsijau//sessjau//seɕːɔː//seɕːoː/

From Middle Chinese 殺生 (MC sreat sraeng).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(せっ)(しょう) (sesshōせつしやう (setusyau)?-na (adnominal (せっ)(しょう) (sesshō na), adverbial (せっ)(しょう) (sesshō ni))

  1. cruel, wanton, merciless, heartless
    Synonyms: 惨い (mugoi), 酷い (hidoi), 残酷 (zankoku)

Inflection

Noun

(せっ)(しょう) (sesshōせつしやう (setusyau)?

  1. killing, the destruction of life, butchery, slaughter
  2. cruelty, wantonness, mercilessness, heartlessness

Verb

(せっ)(しょう)する (sesshō suruせつしやう (setusyau)?suru (stem (せっ)(しょう) (sesshō shi), past (せっ)(しょう)した (sesshō shita))

  1. to kill, to destroy life, to butcher, to slaughter

Conjugation

References

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

殺生

  1. chữ Hán form of sát sinh.

Verb

殺生

  1. chữ Hán form of sát sinh.