屠

tú
#2,166 most
frequent character
to slaughter (animals for food)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

屠 tú pairs 尸 corpse with 者 zhě as sound part. The corpse part leads to original 'butcher livestock'; later it grew to 'massacre.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

屠Tu2
surname Tu

Homophones

图tú
picture, chart, drawing, scheme
徒tú
disciple, apprentice, believer
途tú
way, route, road
涂tú
to apply (paint etc), to smear

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