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殺生

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See also: 杀生

Chinese

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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

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

Verb

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殺生

  1. (chiefly in Buddhism) to destroy life

Noun

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殺生

  1. (chiefly in Buddhism) destruction of life

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (殺生):

Japanese

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

Etymology

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*/setsijau//sessjau//seɕːɔː//seɕːoː/

From Middle Chinese 殺生 (MC sreat sraeng).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(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

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Noun

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(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

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(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

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References

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

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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殺生

  1. chữ Hán form of sát sinh.

Verb

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殺生

  1. chữ Hán form of sát sinh.