Japanese Word Entry
幼兒虐殺Simplified Japanese form: 幼児虐殺
| Kana: | ようじぎゃくさつ |
| Romaji: | youjigyakusatsu |
| Definition: | Massacre of the Innocents (infanticide by Herod that appears in the New Testament) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 幼 | infancy, childhood, infant, young child, immature |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄡˋ (yòu), ㄧㄠˋ (yào) |
| Cantonese: | jau3 |
| Japanese: | ヨウ (you)、 ユウ (yuu) / おさな.い (osanai) |
| Korean: | 유 (yu) |
| Vietnamese: | ấu |
| 兒 | child, young of animals, son, oneself, final part |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄦˊ (ér), ㄦ (ēr), ㄋㄧˊ (ní) |
| Cantonese: | ji4 |
| Japanese: | ジ (ji)、 ニ (ni)、 ゲイ (gei) / こ (ko) |
| Korean: | 아 (a), 예 (ye) |
| Vietnamese: | nhi, nghê |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 儿 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 児 |
| 虐 | tyrannize, oppress, cruel, harsh, oppressive |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄋㄩㄝˋ (nüè) |
| Cantonese: | joek6 |
| Japanese: | ギャク (gyaku) / しいた.げる (shiitageru)、 そこなう (sokonau) |
| Korean: | 학 (hag) |
| Vietnamese: | ngược |
| 殺 | kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil, slaughter, hurt, to pare off, clip |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄚ (shā), ㄕㄞˋ (shài), ㄙㄚˋ (sà), ㄒㄧㄝˋ (xiè), ㄕˋ (shì) |
| Cantonese: | saat3 |
| Japanese: | サツ (satsu)、 サイ (sai)、 セツ (setsu) / ころ.す (korosu)、 -ごろ.し (-goroshi)、 そ.ぐ (sogu)、 あや.める (ayameru)、 けずる (kezuru) |
| Korean: | 살 (sal), 쇠 (soe), 쇄 (swae) |
| Vietnamese: | sát, sái, tát |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 杀 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 殺 |
| Semantic variant form: | 煞 |