殺人

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shārén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ jan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sat-ngìn

(Hailu, HRS): sad ngin
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sat-lîn / sat-jîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): suah⁴ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shārén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sharén
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-jên²
  - Yale: shā-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sharen
  - Palladius: шажэнь (šažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    殺人 / 杀人
    砂仁
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ jan⁴
  - Yale: saat yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad^ˋ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sat̚² ŋin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad ngin
  - Sinological IPA: /sat⁵⁻² ŋin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: sat-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satliin
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: sat-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: satjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ zin²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zin¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suah⁴ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suah nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaʔ²⁻⁴ naŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sreat nyin

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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s<r>at ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*sreːd njin/

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[ŋ]/
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. [t] 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)

(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?
- 公輸盤曰：「吾義固不殺人。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  公输盘曰：「吾义固不杀人。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE
  Gōngshū Bān yuē: “Wú yì gù bù shārén.” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 今夫天下之人牧，未有不嗜殺人者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  今夫天下之人牧，未有不嗜杀人者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Jīn fú tiānxià zhī rénmù, wèiyǒu bù shì shārén zhě yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 殺人 (“to kill someone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		殺人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		殺人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	殺人
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	殺人
Cantonese	Hong Kong	殺人
Cantonese	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

借刀殺人 / 借刀杀人 (jièdāoshārén)
借劍殺人 / 借剑杀人
慈悲殺人 / 慈悲杀人 (cíbēi shārén)
拋閃殺人 / 抛闪杀人
故意殺人 / 故意杀人 (gùyì shārén)
曾參殺人 / 曾参杀人 (Zēng Shēn shārén)
殺人不眨眼 / 杀人不眨眼 (shārén bù zhǎyǎn)
殺人不見血 / 杀人不见血 (shārén bù jiànxiě)
殺人不過頭點地 / 杀人不过头点地
殺人償命 / 杀人偿命
殺人償命，欠債還錢 / 杀人偿命，欠债还钱 (shārén chángmìng, qiànzhài huánqián)
殺人如芥 / 杀人如芥
殺人如草 / 杀人如草
殺人如蓺 / 杀人如蓺
殺人如麻 / 杀人如麻 (shārénrúmá)
殺人放火 / 杀人放火 (shārénfànghuǒ)
殺人滅口 / 杀人灭口 (shārénmièkǒu)
殺人滅跡 / 杀人灭迹
殺人犯 / 杀人犯 (shārénfàn)
殺人盈野 / 杀人盈野
殺人罪 / 杀人罪
殺人者 / 杀人者
殺人越貨 / 杀人越货 (shārényuèhuò)
殺人須見血，救人須救徹 / 杀人须见血，救人须救彻
過失殺人 / 过失杀人 (guòshī shārén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殺人):

→ Japanese: 殺人(さつじん) (satsujin)
→ Korean: 살인(殺人) (sarin)
→ Vietnamese: sát nhân (殺人)

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

(Tokyo) さつじん [sàtsújíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠t͡sɨʑĩɴ]

Noun

殺(さつ)人(じん) • (satsujin)

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!!

References

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

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殺	人

Noun

殺人

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

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

[NHK-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

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