屠 meaning and stroke order
To butcher, to slaughter; massacre
How to write 屠, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 屠
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to slaughter (animals for food)
- to massacre
How 屠 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Corpse.
尸 gives the meaning and 者 hints at the sound.
Radical: 尸 (body), shared by 40 characters on this site.
How to remember 屠
屠 is built from 尸 (corpse) on top and 者 (zhě), which gives the sound. Picture a body laid out under a roof while a person, the 者, does the butchering.
屠 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese and mostly appears in words like 屠杀 (túshā, to massacre), 屠夫 (túfū, butcher) and 屠宰场 (túzǎichǎng, slaughterhouse). It covers both killing animals for meat and killing people on a large scale. Example: 这是一场大屠杀。(Zhè shì yī chǎng dàtúshā.) This was a massacre.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 者 with the wrong number of strokes inside or confuse 屠 with 屡 (lǚ, repeatedly), which shares the 尸 top. Also note the sound is tú, second tone, not zhě like its phonetic part.
Common words with 屠
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
屠 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 屠
How many strokes are in 屠?
屠 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 屠 mean?
屠 (tú) means to butcher, to slaughter; massacre. A common word with it is 屠杀 (túshā), meaning "to massacre; to slaughter".
How do you pronounce 屠?
屠 is pronounced tú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 屠?
The radical of 屠 is 尸, which carries the idea of "body". Dictionaries list 屠 under this radical.
Is 屠 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 屠 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 屠杀 and 屠宰?
屠宰 (túzǎi) is neutral and refers to slaughtering livestock for food. 屠杀 (túshā) usually means massacring people and carries a strong negative tone.
Is 屠 used in any common expressions or names?
Yes. 屠 is also a Chinese surname, as in the scientist 屠呦呦 (Tú Yōuyōu). Online, 屠榜 (túbǎng) means to dominate a ranking or chart.