宰 Strokes Write it Listen 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 宀 Ideograph 3 words Built from宀gàiroof; house辛xīnbitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem How it worksA barracks 宀 where slaves 辛 live.