せい
生
さつ
殺
よ
与
だつ
奪

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. (having) life-and-death power (over).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せい
生
さつ
殺
よ
与
だつ
奪
 生殺与奪 せいさつよだつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)
kill, murder, butcher
ころ.す　サツ　あや.める (5th, N3)
kill, slaughter, murder
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ　また　ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
bestow, participate in, give
あた.える　あずか.る　ヨ (Early Jr. High, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
rob, take by force, snatch away
うば.う　ダツ (Late Jr. High, N1)
the stride made by a man
シュン　スイ　ヨウ
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ　スイ　とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ　あるじ　ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン　す　みき (6th, N1)