戮
kill
Readings
On'yomi
- リク
- リュウ
- ロク
- キョウ
- ク
Kun'yomi
- ころ.す
- けず.る
Meaning
戮 centers on killing, especially in a violent or punitive context. The meaning is narrow and direct: to put to death.
Most common words using 戮
- 殺戮さつりく
slaughter; massacre
- 刑戮けいりく
punishment; penalty; execution
- 協心戮力きょうしんりくりょく
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
- 屠戮とりく
slaughter (of animals)
- 戮すりくす
to kill (a person); to murder; to execute
- 戮するりくする
to kill (a person); to murder; to execute
- 戮力りくりょく
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
- 戮力協心りくりょくきょうしん
combined (concerted) efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
- 文化殺戮ぶんかさつりく
cultural cleansing; ethnocide
- 民衆殺戮みんしゅうさつりく
democide
- 誅戮ちゅうりく
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
Study
Etymology
戮 combines 翏 (possibly related to feathers or flight) with 戈 (halberd, weapon), suggesting killing with a weapon. The exact historical development of the left component is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 翏 looks like feathers or wings, and the right side 戈 is a halberd. Imagine a weapon striking down a bird in flight: a violent kill.
Reading mnemonic
For リク, imagine a lick of a blade before the kill: lick -> リク, and the weapon 戈 delivers the fatal strike.