弑父

弒父
shìfù
verb #35,069

Meanings

  1. 1 to murder one's own father; patricide

Examples

Shìfù shì gǔ Xīlà bēijù zhōng chángjiàn de zhǔtí.
Patricide is a common theme in ancient Greek tragedy.
Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshù le yí ge shìfù de gùshi.
The film tells a story of patricide.

Tips

history
specifically means killing a superior — a son killing his father, a subject killing his ruler — and is laden with classical Confucian moral horror. 《孟子》: 弑父 (one would not follow even an order to kill one's father or ruler). Plain (kill) lacks this charge.
mistakes
Don't confuse (shì, kill a superior) with (shā, kill, general). The element on the right is part of — not .

Stroke Order

shì