What 殺 means
It means “to kill.”
Bronze vessels bear inscriptions using 殺 for killing. Scholars disagree whether a similar sign on bones used to ask about the future is its ancestor or means “strike.”
Who writes 殺
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
2Why does 殺 become 殺?
Its canonical Unicode decomposition is 殺. Normalization keeps the meaning but drops this separate encoded form.
How can I keep its glyph form?
The standardized sequence 殺︂ (U6BBA UFE02) requests the specific glyph where a font supports it; otherwise, 殺 appears.
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How to type or find 殺
- Search it as
- 2f8f5 · cns 4-2d65 · cns 11643 · 殺 variant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
殺CSS
\2F8F5Cangjie (Taiwan CNS package)
If the Taiwan CNS character package is installed, enter KCHNE (大金竹弓水) with a Cangjie input method.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
殺
HTML hex
殺
CSS content
content: "\2F8F5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A3%B5
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.