煞

煞	U+715E, 煞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-715E

← 煝
[U+715D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

煟 →
[U+715F]

Translingual

Han character

煞 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓大火 (NKF), four-corner 2833₄, composition ⿱⿰刍攵灬)

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

trad.		煞
simp. ^#		煞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (杀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
閷	*sreːdss
鎩	sreːds, srads, *sreːd
殺	sreːds, sreːd
蔱	srads, sreːd
摋	*slaːd
煞	*sreːd
榝	sreːd, sred
刹	*sʰraːd

Alternative form of 殺／杀.

Etymology

From 殺／杀 (shā).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā (sha¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): so̍t
Min Dong (BUC): sák
Min Nan (POJ): soah
Wu (Wiktionary): saq (T4)

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³
  - Yale: saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: sod
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sod⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sot̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sák
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soah
  - Tâi-lô: suah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suaʔ³²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: saq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa̱ʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ʃˠat̚/

Rime
Character	煞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	山 (71)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所八切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ʃat̚/
Wang Li	/ʃat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saat³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sreːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煞
Reading #	1/1
No.	11011
Phonetic component	杀
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	殺
Old Chinese	/*sreːd/
Notes	俗殺字，殺隸變，從左下變三點書訛來，見鶡冠子

Definitions

煞

Alternative form of 殺／杀 (shā, “to kill”).
- 秋風秋雨愁煞人 [MSC, trad.]
  秋风秋雨愁煞人 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1907, last written words of 秋瑾 Qiu Jin before her beheading
  qiū fēng qiū yǔ chóu shā rén [Pinyin]
  Autumn wind, autumn rain – they make one die of sorrow.
to stop; to halt
煞尾 ― shāwěi ― to finish off
to weaken; to reduce
煞風景／煞风景 ― shāfēngjǐng ― to damage the beautiful scenery
to tighten

Synonyms

(to stop):

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Synonyms of 煞

中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
休止 (xiūzhǐ)
停 (tíng)
停歇 (tíngxiē)
停止 (tíngzhǐ)
放煞 (Min Nan)
止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
止息 (zhǐxī)

止煞 (Min Nan)
煞 (Min Nan)
甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
斷站／断站 (Min Nan)
斷節／断节 (Min Nan)

暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
間斷／间断 (jiànduàn)
頓／顿 (dùn)

Compounds

Derived terms from 煞

抹煞 (mǒshā)
煞住
煞尾 (shāwěi)
煞性子
碟煞 (diéshā)

一筆抹煞／一笔抹煞
大煞風景／大煞风景 (dàshāfēngjǐng)
氣煞車／气煞车
沒不煞／没不煞
沒亂煞／没乱煞

煞氣／煞气 (shàqì)
煞氣騰騰／煞气腾腾
煞車／煞车
煞風景／煞风景 (shā fēngjǐng)
碟式煞車／碟式煞车

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shà (sha⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sat
Wu (Wiktionary): saq (T4)

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³
  - Yale: saat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sat
  - Hakka Romanization System: sad`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sat̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: saq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa̱ʔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

煞

evil spirit; demon
凶神惡煞／凶神恶煞 ― xiōngshén'èshà ― fierce person; ferocious person
very
我真是急煞了！ [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
[ŋv̩ʷ²³ t͡səɲ⁴⁴ z̥z̩²³ t͡ɕi̯ɪʔ³³ sa̱ʔ⁵⁵ ləʔ²¹] [IPA]
I’m seriously in a rush!
(literary) what
(obsolete) although

Synonyms

(what): 什麼／什么 (shénme), 啥 (shá)

Compounds

Derived terms from 煞

七煞
可煞
可煞作怪
回煞
地煞
大煞
忒煞
收煞
殃煞
煞星 (shàxīng)
煞是
煞有介事 (shàyǒujièshì)
煞白

煞神 (shàshén)
特煞
生煞煞
躲煞
避煞
凶煞 (xiōngshà)
來煞／来煞
凶神惡煞／凶神恶煞 (xiōngshénèshà)
勢煞／势煞
喪煞／丧煞
惡煞／恶煞 (èshà)
慌張勢煞／慌张势煞
歸煞／归煞

沒合煞／没合煞
沒搭煞／没搭煞
沒撻煞／没挞煞
沒收煞／没收煞
煞強如／煞强如
煞筆／煞笔
煞費周章／煞费周章
煞費苦心／煞费苦心
結煞／结煞 (jiéshà)
羨煞／羡煞
關煞／关煞
霧煞煞／雾煞煞 (wùshàshà)
鱉煞／鳖煞

References

“煞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

煞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さつ (satsu); さい (sai); せつ (setsu)
Kun: ころす (korosu, 煞す)

Korean

Hanja

煞 • (sal) (hangeul 살, revised sal, McCune–Reischauer sal, Yale sal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

煞: Hán Việt readings: sát

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