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屠 (tú): To slaughter — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 屠

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How to write 屠 — animated stroke order
2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 屠

屠 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Semi-Enclosed
屠
尸shī · corpse
者zhě
屠=
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 屠

屠 handwriting practice worksheet preview
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5.

How to Use 屠

Common word with 屠

One common HSK word with 屠 is 屠杀, meaning "Massacre / Slaughter".

屠杀 • tú shā • Massacre / Slaughter • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
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Example Sentences

屠夫túfū正在zhèngzài

Information

Pinyintú
Meaningto slaughter, to massacre
Strokes11
Radical尸
Traditional屠
StructureSemi-Enclosed
Frequency#2188
Zhuyinㄊㄨˊ
UnicodeU+5C60
CangjieJKMBC
尸shī · corpse
+者zhě
tú屠
shā杀

Massacre / Slaughter

市场
shìchǎng
卖mài
肉ròu。

The butcher is selling meat at the market

这zhè家jiā工厂gōngchǎng专门zhuānmén屠宰túzǎi牛羊niúyáng。

This factory specializes in slaughtering cattle and sheep.

历史lìshǐ上shàng发生fāshēng过guò多duō次cì大屠杀dàtúshā。

Many massacres have occurred throughout history

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Characters pronounced "tu".

  • 兔tùrabbit; hare
  • 突tūto dash out; to protrude suddenly
  • 途túroad, way, journey
  • 图túpicture, diagram, map, plan
  • 土tǔearth, soil, ground
  • 秃tūbald; bare; barren
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Characters with radical "尸".

  • 展zhǎnto open up, to spread out, to unfold
  • 屡lǚrepeatedly, time and again
  • 局júoffice, bureau, situation, part
  • 尹yǐnYin (a Chinese surname)
  • 屑xièscraps; crumbs
  • 屈qūto bend, to submit, or to be wronged
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