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宰

zǎi
HSK 7freq #5527

Meanings

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zǎi
  1. 1.to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
  2. 2.(coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
  3. 3.(bound form) to govern; to rule
  4. 4.(bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to slaughter; to butcher
  2. 2.prefect; minister
  3. 3.to govern; to rule
  4. 4.to overcharge
  5. 5.a surname, Zai

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 乂 (“to govern”) — house of government. 乂 originally appeared as similar to 䇂 in the oracle bone script; in the modern form of this character, it has corrupted into 辛.

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Stroke order

Components

宰宀辛

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Example sentences

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Synonyms

屠宰殺屠宰殺治劏善刣捋度破刺戮㷟

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Derived terms

主宰任人宰割伴食宰相元宰冢宰出宰圓宰圆宰大冢宰太宰宰予宰制宰割宰夫宰客宰我宰殺宰杀宰牲節宰牲节宰相宰衡宰輔宰辅屠宰屠宰場屠宰场屠宰稅屠宰税山中宰相

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Related words

主宰 to dominate宰杀 to slaughter (an animal for meat)宰割 to slaughter宰予 Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius挨宰 to get ripped off宰人 to overcharge宰客 to cheat customers宰了 (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)宰相 prime minister (in feudal China)宰制 to rule屠宰 to slaughter屠宰场 slaughterhouse