屠
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to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
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How 屠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
尸 (semantic, “corpse”) + 者 (phonetic, zhě)
How to remember it
slaughter · Heisig RSH #2310
flag + puppet
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 者
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 者 (zhě) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 者 sound component | zhě | that which; they who; those who |
| 都 | dōu | all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital |
| 猪 | zhū | pig, hog, wild boar |
| 诸 | zhū | all, many, various; surname |
| 著 | zhù | to show, to prove, to make known |
| 署 | shǔ | bureau, public office; to sign |
| 赌 | dǔ | to bet, to gamble, to wager |
| 绪 | xù | mental state; thread, clue |
| 暑 | shǔ | hot; heat; summer |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to boil, to cook |
| 堵 | dǔ | wall; to stop, to prevent, to block |
| 奢 | shē | exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful |
| 睹 | dǔ | to look at, to gaze at; to observe |
| 渚 | zhǔ | islet, sandbar |
| 箸 | zhù | chopsticks |
| 褚 | zhǔ | bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname |
| 赭 | zhě | hematite; ochre, reddish-brown |
| 啫 | zhě | onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning |
| 楮 | chǔ | mulberry; paper |
Words containing 屠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation; to … |
| 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 | sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū | lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with b… |
| 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 | jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú | saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) |
| 南京大屠杀 | Nán jīng Dà tú shā | the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38) |
| 大屠杀 | dà tú shā | massacre; mass slaughter |
| 屠毒笔墨 | tú dú bǐ mò | poisonous writing; disparaging writing; calumny |
| 七级浮屠 | qī jí fú tú | seven floor pagoda |
| 婆罗浮屠 | Pó luó fú tú | Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia) |
| 倚天屠龙记 | Yǐ tiān Tú lóng Jì | Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin… |
| 屠城 | tú chéng | to massacre everyone in a captured city |
| 屠场 | tú chǎng | slaughterhouse; abattoir |
| 屠格涅夫 | Tú gé niè fū | Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist |
| 屠夫 | tú fū | butcher; fig. murderous dictator |
| 屠毒 | tú dú | poison; to murder by poison |
| 屠伯 | tú bó | butcher; fig. brutal killer |
| 屠刀 | tú dāo | butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet |
| 屠杀 | tú shā | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 屠户 | tú hù | butcher |
| 屠妖节 | Tú yāo jié | Deepavali (Hindu festival) |
| 浮屠 | fú tú | Buddha; Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo) |