宰 (zǎi): meaning and stroke order
宰 (zǎi) means to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc).
宰
- Simplified
- 宰
- Traditional
- 宰 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zǎi
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Stroke order of 宰
宰
- zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
- 10 strokes
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Meaning of 宰
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zǎi
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
- (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
- (bound form) to govern; to rule
- (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
Radical and structure
- 宰
- Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 10 strokes · 宀 on top, 辛 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 宰
- 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).