Chinese Word: 戕 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

戕

Pinyin: qiāng

English Definition: to kill; to injure; Taiwan pr. [qiang2]

Chinese Definition:
①杀害：戕害。自戕。戕杀。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 戈

Pictophonetic:爿 indicates the sound; 戈 (spear) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 爿 [ qiáng ] half of a tree trunk
- 戈 [ gē ] spear, lance, halberd

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戕害	qiāng hài	to injure
自戕	zì qiāng	to commit suicide
戕害无辜	qiāng hài wú gū	to butcher the innocents (idiom)

1		yī chǎng mèng 一场梦 néng 能 dú 毒 qiāng 戕 ān xī 安息。 We rest. -A dream has power to poison sleep;
2		1928年 7月 7日， xīn jiāng 新疆 dū dū 都督 yáng zēng xīn 杨增新 bèi 被 qiāng 戕， yǐn fā 引发 xīn jiāng 新疆 luàn 乱 jú 局。 Yang Zengxin, governor of Xinjiang, was killed on July 7,1928, which triggered chaos in Xinjiang.
3		zài 在 tā 她 kàn lai 看来， zhǔ yì 主义 háo wú 毫无 shén shèng 神圣 zhī 之 chù 处， zhàn zhēng 战争 yě 也 bìng fēi 并非 shén me 什么 chóng gāo 崇高 de 的 shì 事， zhǐ bú guò 只不过 shì 是 máng mù 盲目 de 地 qiāng 戕 shā 杀 rén lèi 人类、 hào fèi 耗费 jīn qián 金钱、 fáng hài 妨害 rén men 人们 xiǎng shòu 享受 de 的 yì zhǒng 一种 tǎo yàn 讨厌 xíng wéi 行为 ér yǐ 而已。 The Cause didn't seem sacred to her. The war didn't seem to be a holy affair, but a nuisance that killed men senselessly and cost money and made luxuries hard to get.