屠 (tou4 | tu2) : slaughter; butcher; massacre

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屠

tou4

tu2

slaughter; butcher; massacre

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 尸 (#44)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

屠

This word has been viewed 3549 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jan 2011 13:39

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屠殺 tou4 saat3 tu2 sha1 = massacre; slaughter; butcher; mass murder

屠場 tou4 coeng4 tu2 chang3 = abattoir; slaughterhouse

大屠殺 daai6 tou4 saat3 da4 tu2 sha1 = massacre; Holocaust

屠宰 tou4 zoi2 = slaughter

屠房 tou4 fong4 = slaughterhouse

屠宰大堂 tou4 zoi2 daai6 tong4 = slaughterhall

六四大屠殺 luk6 sei3 daai6 tou4 saat3 liu4 si4 da4 tu2 sha1 = Tian'anmen massacre

南京大屠殺 naam4 ging1 daai6 tou4 saat3 = Nanking massacre ("the rape of Nanking") on 13 Dec 1937

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Decimal representation of this word: 屠
Unicode code for this character: U+5c60 (off-site link)

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