Rank 2099IntermediateHanziDB frequency list + CC-CEDICT

屠 - tú

butcher, slaughter, massacre

butcher, slaughter, massacre

How to read 屠

Click 屠 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishbutcher, slaughter, massacre
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

屠伯 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 屠刀. Please read 屠城 one more time.

Common words with this character

butcher; fig. brutal killer
butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet
to massacre everyone in a captured city
slaughterhouse; abattoir

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 屠 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 屠伯 and 屠刀 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 屠.