Memory phrase for the character: 煞

煞

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Meaning to terminate, cut short, to squeeze, to reduce

Pronunciation

shā, shà

Explanation

Left: mowing grass 刍 (with a handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: to strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
By mowing or strikes or fire you can make things terminate.

Radicals

刍 mowing grass
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
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 Vocabulary

煞有介事 shà yǒu jiè shì  to pretend to be serious about doing sth (idiom)
煞风景 shā fēng jǐng  to damage beautiful scenery; fig. to spoil the fun
煞车 shā chē  to brake (when driving)
煞车 shā chē  

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