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Translingual
Han character
煞 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓大火 (NKF), four-corner 28334, composition ⿱⿰刍攵灬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 677, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19210
- Dae Jaweon: page 1088, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2221, character 4
- Unihan data for U+715E
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saat3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat / so̍t
- Eastern Min (BUC): sák
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soah / sah / sòa / sat
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 7saq / 7saeq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shā
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sha
- Wade–Giles: sha1
- Yale: shā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
- Palladius: ша (ša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: saat3
- Yale: saat
- Cantonese Pinyin: saat8
- Guangdong Romanization: sad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat / so̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: sadˋ / sod
- Hagfa Pinyim: sad5 / sod6
- Sinological IPA: /sat̚²/, /sot̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Note:
- so̍t - “to end; to finish”.
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sák
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɑʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sah
- Tâi-lô: sah
- Phofsit Daibuun: saq
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /saʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòa
- Tâi-lô: suà
- Phofsit Daibuun: soax
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- soah - vernacular (“to end; to stop and give up; to prevent; unexpectedly; how; at once; to be wounded by evil spirits”);
- sah/sòa - vernacular (“unexpectedly; how; at once”);
- sat - literary.
Note:
- Middle Chinese: sreat
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sreːd/
Definitions
煞
- alternative form of 殺 / 杀 (“to kill”)
- to stop; to halt
- to weaken; to reduce
- to tighten
- (Northern Wu) to satisfy; to quench (esp. a desire)
- 煞念頭／煞念头 [Shanghainese] ― 7saq 6gni-deu [Wugniu] ― to satisfy a craving
- to end; to conclude; to terminate; to finish
- 煞尾 ― shāwěi ― to finish off
- Used as a hyperbolical intensifying complement.
- (Hokkien) to stop and give up; to abandon; to leave it be; to leave it at that
- (Hokkien) to prevent; to restrain; to suppress; to hold back
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be wounded by evil spirits
Synonyms
- (to stop):
- 中斷 / 中断 (zhōngduàn)
- 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
- 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
- 停 (tíng)
- 停歇 (tíngxiē)
- 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
- 夭閼 / 夭阏 (yǎo'è)
- 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
- 放煞 (Min Nan)
- 斷站 / 断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 斷節 / 断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 暫停 / 暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
- 歇 (xiē)
- 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 止息 (zhǐxī)
- 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 瀦 / 潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 煞手 (Hokkien)
- 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
- 終止 / 终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
- 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
- 罷 / 罢
- 罷休 / 罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
- 罷手 / 罢手 (bàshǒu)
- 間斷 / 间断
- 須 / 须 (xū) (literary)
- 頓 / 顿
- (to end):
- 了卻 / 了却 (liǎoquè)
- 了斷 / 了断 (liǎoduàn)
- 了結 / 了结 (liǎojié)
- 交代 (jiāodài) (humorous)
- 告終 / 告终 (gàozhōng)
- 完了 (wánliǎo)
- 完畢 / 完毕 (wánbì)
- 完結 / 完结 (wánjié)
- 收兵 (shōubīng) (figurative)
- 收場 / 收场 (shōuchǎng)
- 收束 (shōushù)
- 煞事 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 結 / 结
- 結束 / 结束 (jiéshù)
- 結絕 / 结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
- 結腳 / 结脚 (jie2 juo2) (Sichuanese)
- 罷 / 罢
- 即便 (jíbiàn) (literary)
- 即刻 (jíkè)
- 即時 / 即时 (jíshí) (formal)
- 及時 / 及时 (jíshí)
- 應時 / 应时 (yìngshí)
- 當即 / 当即 (dāngjí)
- 當時 / 当时 (dàngshí)
- 登即 (dēngjí)
- 登時 / 登时 (dēngshí)
- 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
- 眼見 / 眼见 (yǎnjiàn)
- 立刻 (lìkè)
- 立即 (lìjí)
- 立時 / 立时 (lìshí)
- 立馬 / 立马 (lìmǎ)
- 第一時間 / 第一时间 (dì-yī shíjiān)
- 隨即 / 随即 (suíjí)
- 隨手 / 随手 (suíshǒu)
- 頓時 / 顿时 (dùnshí)
- 馬上 / 马上 (mǎshàng)
- (demon):
- 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
- 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
- 妖 (yāo)
- 妖孽 (yāoniè)
- 妖怪 (yāoguài)
- 妖物 (yāowù)
- 妖精 (yāojīng)
- 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
- 妖魔 (yāomó)
- 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怪物 (guàiwu)
- 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
- 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
- 精怪 (jīngguài)
- 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
- 邪魔 (xiémó)
- 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
- 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
- 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)
Compounds
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “same as etymology 1?”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saat3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soah / sat
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shà
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shà
- Wade–Giles: sha4
- Yale: shà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
- Palladius: ша (ša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: saat3
- Yale: saat
- Cantonese Pinyin: saat8
- Guangdong Romanization: sad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat
- Hakka Romanization System: sadˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sad5
- Sinological IPA: /sat̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Definitions
煞
- evil spirit; demon
- A pre-predicate intensifier: very; extremely
- 煞費苦心／煞费苦心 ― shàfèikǔxīn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (Hokkien) unexpectedly; surprisingly; instead
- (Hokkien) how; how can it be that (used in rhetorical questions)
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) at once; immediately
- Variant pronunciation for the intensifying complement.
- (obsolete) although
Compounds
Etymology 3
Related to 啥 (shá, shà).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shà
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shà
- Wade–Giles: sha4
- Yale: shà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
- Palladius: ша (ša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
煞
- (Early Mandarin) what
Synonyms
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sahⁿ
Definitions
煞
References
- “煞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Kanji
煞
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Korean
Hanja
煞 • (sal) (hangeul 살, revised sal, McCune–Reischauer sal, Yale sal)
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