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戮

lù
verb #41,679

Meanings

  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to slaughter

Examples

战争中无数平民惨遭杀戮。
Zhànzhēng zhōng wúshù píngmín cǎnzāo shālù.
Countless civilians were slaughtered in the war.
两军戮力抵抗侵略者。
Liǎng jūn lùlì dǐkàng qīnlüèzhě.
The two armies joined forces to resist the invaders.

Tips

usage
Mainly in 杀戮 (slaughter, massacre). It carries a heavier, more brutal tone than plain 杀. In the set phrase 戮力 (to join forces) it instead means 'to combine (effort)' — a separate borrowed sense.

Components

radical
戈 gē
dagger-axe; weapon
Right 戈 (dagger-axe), the indexing radical. It supplies the deadly meaning — a weapon used to kill, putting 戮 with 战 (war) and 戒 (to guard).
phonetic
翏 liù
to soar; phonetic
Left 翏 supplies the sound (liù drifting to lù). The same phonetic anchors 戮's relatives 缪 and 谬 (absurd).

Stroke Order

戮 lù