Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: �

Modern (Beijing) reading: shā

Preclassic Old Chinese: srāt

Classic Old Chinese: srāt

Western Han Chinese: ṣāt

Eastern Han Chinese: ṣāt

Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄t

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄t

Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣạ̄t

Middle Chinese: ṣạ̈t

English meaning : to kill

Comments: The MC form points to *srēt; however, both internal (relationship to ** *sāt 'to slap') and external (see below) data shows that *-ā- should be reconstructed (with a frequent type of irregular development in MC). The character also has a Late Zhou reading *srāt-s, MC ṣạ̈̀j (FQ 所拜), Pek. shài 'to wound; to diminish'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0319 d-e

Jianchuan Bai: śa6

Dali Bai: śa6

Bijiang Bai: śa6

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sāt

Meaning: kill

Chinese: 殺 *srāt kill, 摋 *sāt to slap from the side.

Tibetan: gsod (p. bsad, f. bsad, i. sod) to kill, rcod (p. brcad) to contend, fight with arms.

Burmese: sat kill, LB *satx.

Kachin: gǝsat³ to kill, to murder.

Lushai: that to kill, KC *that'.

Kiranti: *sét

Comments: PG *sV[p] kill; BG: Boro thät, Dimasa thai, Garo soʔot; Moshang tat; Kham sat; Kham saj^L; Kanauri sad-; Rgyarung -sad; Trung sat¹; Mikir dǝyhét; Thankur kǝthǝt. Simon 18; Sh. 436, 410; Ben. 27; Mat. 202.

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *sét

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: kill

Sunwar: 'sajk-ca

Tulung: set-

Kaling: 'sennä ('settu)

Limbu: sɛpmā/sepmā (seru) kill, extinguish, keseppā murderer

Dumi: setnɨ

Kulung: seima

Yamphu: seʔma

Comments: Toba 91 *set-.

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: sɛpmaʔ, -sɛʔr-/-sɛt-/-sɛʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: kill, extinguish

Derivation: [dir. < simaʔ die] [?]

Comments: maʔyu sɛt-che pe:g-i (bear kill-SUP go-p/ADH) Let's go bear hunting!; sɛʔlɛ nɛʔlɛ She's about ready to kill me; cf. niNwa sɛpmaʔ, sɛtmaʔ.

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: setnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-4 sid/sit-sits/sis-set

Meaning: 1) kill 2) extinguish (mi fire) 3) (with se:r 'louse') to louse 4) intoxicate, get drunk, inebriate (agent agreement with intoxicant, patient agreement with recreant)

Nepali: 1) mārnu

Derivation: [dir. < setnɨ vi-3 'get killed']

Comments: 2) nibhāunu; 3) jumrā mārnu; 4) mātnu [caus. < māttinu 'get intoxicated'].

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: seima

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt-5 [1: set- 2: sett- 3: sei- 4: sen- 5: se:-]

Meaning: kill, extinguish (fire), put off

Nepali: mārnu.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: seʔma III

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <sed- ; set->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: 1a) to kill b) to slaughter 2) to extinguish

Comments: 1a) muk.so mug.a Ba:ja seʔ.ne:.tt.u.ji.ro.e. (be_known.too be_known.PT Ba:ja kill.to_death.PF.о3.3NS.REP.FCT) It became well known that Ba:ja was killed. b) ädräʔ hiŋ.si.ye läz. mo.baŋ mo seʔ.ett.u.ji. (a_bit live.still.FCT NW that.ELA that kill.PF.о3.3NS) [The buffalo] was still alive so then they slaughtered it. 2) mijuliŋ.so seʔ.os.u.ji. (fire.too kill.PURP.о3.3NS) They [symbolically] extinguished the fire, too.

Nepali: mārnu

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1208

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 殺

MC description : 山開二入黠生

ZIHUI: 3010 0074

Beijing: ṣa 11

Jinan: ṣa 11

Xi'an: sa 11

Taiyuan: saʔ 41

Hankou: sa 12

Chengdu: sa 12

Yangzhou: saʔ 4

Suzhou: saʔ 41

Wenzhou: sa 41

Changsha: sa 4

Shuangfeng: sa 12

Nanchang: sat 41

Meixian: sat 41

Guangzhou: šāt 43

Xiamen: sat 41 (lit.); sai 31 (lit.); suaʔ 41; thai 11

Chaozhou: suaʔ 41

Fuzhou: saʔ 41

Shanghai: saʔ 4

Zhongyuan yinyun: ša 42

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