殺人

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See also: 杀人

Chinese

to kill; to murder; to slaughter man; person; people
trad. (殺人) 殺 人
simp. (杀人) 杀 人

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 殺 人
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 鎋 (75) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 所八切 如鄰切
Baxter sreat nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠɛt̚/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚæt̚/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃæt̚/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂəɨt̚/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɛt̚/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ʃæt̚/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂat̚/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sha rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saat3 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 殺 人
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shā rén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ srɛt › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s<r>at/ /*ni/
English kill (other) person

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 殺 人
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 11010 10800
Phonetic
component 		杀 人
Rime
group 		月 眞
Rime
subdivision 		2 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		殺 仁
Old
Chinese 		/*sreːd/ /*njin/

Verb

殺⫽人 (verb-object)

  1. (intransitive) to kill someone; to murder
    殺人凶器／杀人凶器  ―  shārén xiōngqì  ―  murder weapon
    墮胎是殺人嗎？／堕胎是杀人吗？  ―  Duòtāi shì shārén ma?  ―  Is abortion murder?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 殺人 (“to kill someone”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 殺人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 殺人
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 殺人
Singapore 殺人
Cantonese Hong Kong 殺人
Singapore (Guangfu) 殺人
Hakka Meixian 殺人
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 㓾人, 殺人
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 㓾人, 殺人
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 㓾人, 殺人
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 㓾人, 殺人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 㓾人, 殺人
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 㓾人
Southern Min Xiamen 刣儂
Tainan 刣儂
Singapore (Hokkien) 刣儂
Jieyang 刣儂
Haifeng 刣儂

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殺人):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殺 人
さつ
Grade: 5 		じん
Grade: 1
kan'on
Alternative spelling
殺人 (kyūjitai)
 殺人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Compound of 殺(さつ) (satsu, “killing”) + 人(じん) (jin, “human”).

Pronunciation

Noun

殺(さつ)人(じん) • (satsujin) 

  1. homicide, especially murder
    殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)
    satsujin jiken
    a murder case
    • 1995 June 1 [1993 February 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “ファイル１(いち)　オペラ座(ざ)館(かん)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)①(いち) [File 1: The Opera House Murder Case #1]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 70:
      これは事(じ)故(こ)なんかじゃない‥！殺(さつ)人(じん)だ‼日(ひ)高(だか)織(おり)絵(え)は殺(ころ)されたんだ！
      Kore wa jiko nanka ja nai‥! Satsujin da‼ Hidaka Orie wa korosareta n da!
      This was no accident...! It was murder!! Orie Hidaka was killed by someone!
    • 2014 December 17, Ōima Yoshitoki, “第(だい)59(ごじゅうきゅう)話(わ)　進(しん)路(ろ) [Chapter 59: Futures]”, in 聲(こえ)の形(かたち) [A Voice's Shape], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 126:
      と　東(とう)京(きょう)は怖(こわ)いよ⁉犯(はん)罪(ざい)多(おお)いし殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)もあるのに！女(おんな)の子(こ)ひとりでさー‼変(へん)な人(ひと)にからまれるよ⁉
      To Tōkyō wa kowai yo⁉ Hanzai ōi shi satsujin jiken mo aru no ni! Onna no ko hitori de sā‼ Hen na hito ni karamareru yo⁉
      To… Tokyo's a scary place, you know!? Lots of crimes, lots of murders! A girl living there alone!! You could get hassled by shady people!!

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
殺人

Noun

殺人 • (sarin) (hangeul 살인)

  1. hanja form? of 살인 (“murder; killing; homicide”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殺人

Noun

殺人

  1. chữ Hán form of sát nhân (“murderer; killer”).
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