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Kanji Detail for 煞 - "kill, reduce, very"
煞
- Meaning
煞 means "kill, reduce, very."
Kill - To take life.
Reduce - To pare; to shave; to diminish.
Very - Extremely; greatly.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
malignant deity; baleful; noxious; strike dead
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
malignant deity; baleful, noxious; strike dead
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
demon, fiend; baleful, noxious
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Colloquially, malevolent spirits are called 煞. As in 三煞 (three baleful influences), 七煞 (seven baleful influences). Also in astrology, the word for "killing" or "power" is written as 煞. | Also, after a person dies, by calculating from the year, month, day and stem-branch, the number of days for the soul to leave is determined. After death, on those days, the soul returns, called 歸煞. Seen in (Yanshi Jiaxun). | Concluding is called 收煞. | Has the meaning of "extremely." As in 煞費經營 (taking extreme pains).
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