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追杀 (zhuī shā): meaning and stroke order

追杀 (zhuī shā) means to chase to kill.

追杀

Simplified
追杀
Traditional
追殺
Pinyin
zhuī shā

Stroke order of 追杀

追

  • duī to sculpt; to carve
  • zhuī to chase; to pursue
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

杀

  • shā to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 殺

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 追杀

  1. zhuī shā Traditional 追殺
    • to chase to kill

Radicals of the characters

追
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 10 strokes · built from 辶 and 𠂤
杀
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 6 strokes · 㐅 on top, 木 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.

追杀 in our stories

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  • 春秋时期，晋国的公子重耳为了躲避追杀，在外流亡了整整十九年。

    Chūnqiū shíqī Jìnguó de gōngzǐ Chóng'ěr wèile duǒbì zhuīshā zài wài liúwáng le zhěngzhěng shíjiǔ nián

    In the Spring and Autumn period, Chong'er, a prince of the state of Jin, fled assassins and lived in exile for a full nineteen years.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 追杀

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).